se recroqueviller
\sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je\
The verdict
“se recroqueviller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se rétracter et se plisser, en parlant de certaines choses, telles que le parchemin, le cuir, etc., qui sont exposées à l’action d’un feu trop vif, d’une chaleur trop intense.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-recroqueviller · se recroqueviller · French
se recroqueviller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 recroqueviller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
se recroqueviller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se recroqueviller, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is se recroqueviller, spelled S-E- -R-E-C-R-O-Q-U-E-V-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se rétracter et se plisser, en parlant de certaines choses, telles que le parchemin, le cuir, etc., qui sont exposées à l’action d’un feu trop vif, d’une chaleur trop intense.
- 2Contracter ses muscles, resserrer ses membres, rentrer la tête dans les épaules, dans un réflexe de protection de soi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se recroqueviller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La couverture de ce livre s’est toute recroquevillée.
La chaleur du soleil est si forte que les feuilles de cette plante, de cet arbre commencent à se recroqueviller.
This word in other languages
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.