sacré bleu
"sacre-bleu" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sacré bleu” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression of surprise, exasperation, or dismay; good heavens; oh my gosh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sacre-bleu · sacré bleu · English
sacré bleu · 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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | sacré bleu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sacré bleu” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sacré bleu is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of surprise, exasperation, or dismay; good heavens; oh my gosh.".
sacré bleu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: A corruption of the French euphemistic oath sacrebleu. The correct English form is sacré bleu, spelled S-A-C-R-É- -B-L-E-U.
Definition
- 1An expression of surprise, exasperation, or dismay; good heavens; oh my gosh.
Etymology
A corruption of the French euphemistic oath sacrebleu.
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.