suppurer
\sy.py.ʁe\
The verdict
“suppurer” 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) - Rendre du pus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-suppurer · suppurer · French
suppurer · 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 | suppurer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sy.py.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « suppurer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
suppurer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sy.py.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendre du pus.".
No misspelling variants are generated for suppurer 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is suppurer, spelled S-U-P-P-U-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre du pus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how suppurer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un front construit – les yeux veloutés de sa race – de trop grosses joues – et puis ce qui me dégoûte dans les garçons de cet âge : des boutons, les signes du sang en mouvement ; tout ce qui suppure ; surtout ces paumes moites qu'il essuyait avec un mouchoir, avant de vous serrer la main.
Mais la déchirure avait déjà été effectuée, j’avais une moitié du cœur qui béait et l’autre en lambeaux : chaque élan vers le petit ne faisait que raviver les élancements de cette plaie qui suppurait encore.
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.