se plier
\sə pli.je\
The verdict
“se plier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suivre les instructions, s’adapter de force, se conformer à, respecter les consignes
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-plier · se plier · French
se plier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se plier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə pli.je\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se plier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se plier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə pli.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suivre les instructions, s’adapter de force, se conformer à, respecter les consignes".
se plier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is se plier, spelled S-E- -P-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Suivre les instructions, s’adapter de force, se conformer à, respecter les consignes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se plier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a été forcé de se plier et de s'adapter malgré lui à ce réglement
Se plier à la volonté, à l’humeur, aux caprices de quelqu’un.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.