à la mords-moi
\a la mɔʁ.mwa\
The verdict
“à la mords-moi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dénué de valeur, d’intérêt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-mords-moi · à la mords-moi · French
à la mords-moi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à la mords-moi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a la mɔʁ.mwa\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à la mords-moi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à la mords-moi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a la mɔʁ.mwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dénué de valeur, d’intérêt.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à la mords-moi, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 à la mords-moi, spelled À- -L-A- -M-O-R-D-S---M-O-I.
Definition
- 1Dénué de valeur, d’intérêt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à la mords-moi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’écriture, lui n’y comprenait rien, seul un vrai travail méritait salaire donc si, entre deux poèmes à la mords-moi, Henry était intéressé pour se faire un peu de blé, il se pourrait que la casse l’accueille.
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.