se vanter
\sə vɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“se vanter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de vanter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-vanter · se vanter · French
se vanter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 vanter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə vɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
se vanter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə vɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de vanter.".
Zero misspellings are on record for se vanter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is se vanter, spelled S-E- -V-A-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de vanter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se vanter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Erreur, mon cher, l’un de mes amis, qui a toute ma confiance, m’a lui-même rapporté que ces monstres pratiquaient l’anthropophagie il n’y a pas si longtemps encore. Des Apaches se seraient même vantés de ne point manger de Puntalis, une tribu du nord, parce que leur chair est trop salée !
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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.