spolier
\spɔ.lje\
The verdict
“spolier” is uncommon French (frequency #70,228 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,228
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépouiller par force ou par fraude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spolier · spolier · French
spolier · rank #70,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,228
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH SPIP
Nearest frequency peer: SPIP (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « spolier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- spectaculai…
spectaculairement
29,776 corpus weight
- spie
spie
29,775 corpus weight
- SPIP
SPIP
29,774 corpus weight
- spolier
spolier
29,773 corpus weight
- spécieux
spécieux
29,772 corpus weight
- sra
sra
29,771 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « spolier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spolier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \spɔ.lje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « spolier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
spolier is uncommon French at frequency #70,228 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \spɔ.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dépouiller par force ou par fraude.".
No misspelling variants are generated for spolier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is spolier, spelled S-P-O-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dépouiller par force ou par fraude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spolier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yasmina entendait tous les Arabes des environs se plaindre d’avoir à payer des impôts écrasants, d’être terrorisés par l’administration militaire, d’être spoliés de leurs biens…
En 1234, Saint Louis accepta que les juifs fussent spoliés d’un tiers de leurs créances […]
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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