se tirer
\sə ti.ʁe\
The verdict
“se tirer” 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) - Endurer, se débrouiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-tirer · se tirer · French
se tirer · 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 tirer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ti.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se tirer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se tirer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ti.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for se tirer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se tirer, spelled S-E- -T-I-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Endurer, se débrouiller.
- 2Se fusiller.
- 3Ficher le camp, se barrer, se tailler, partir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se tirer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s’est tiré de la crise.
D’une affaire comme celle-là, d’autres auraient mieux su se tirer.
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.