se séparer
\sə se.pa.ʁe\
The verdict
“se séparer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de séparer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-separer · se séparer · French
se séparer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 séparer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə se.pa.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se séparer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se séparer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə se.pa.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de séparer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se séparer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is se séparer, spelled S-E- -S-É-P-A-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de séparer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se séparer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle le trouva planté devant la vieille voiture de sa grand-mère, une Chevrolet modèle 1940 qui avait fait la fierté de son grand-père et dont Nana n'avait jamais voulu se séparer.
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.