appeler un chat un chat
\a.pə.le œ̃ ʃa œ̃ ʃa\
The verdict
“appeler un chat un chat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appeler les choses par leur nom ; dire les choses franchement, sans circonlocution.
Corpus desk
Index FR-appeler-un-chat-un-chat · appeler un chat un chat · French
appeler un chat un chat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | appeler un chat un chat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.pə.le œ̃ ʃa œ̃ ʃa\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « appeler un chat un chat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
appeler un chat un chat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.pə.le œ̃ ʃa œ̃ ʃa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appeler les choses par leur nom ; dire les choses franchement, sans circonlocution.".
appeler un chat un chat has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is appeler un chat un chat, spelled A-P-P-E-L-E-R- -U-N- -C-H-A-T- -U-N- -C-H-A-T.
Definition
- 1Appeler les choses par leur nom ; dire les choses franchement, sans circonlocution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how appeler un chat un chat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne puis rien nommer, si ce n’est par son nom ;Les fenêtres menacent ; Les fenêtres grimacent ; Quand parfois j'ai l'audace ; D'appeler un chat : un chat. — (Jacques Brel)/>J’appelle un chat un chat, et Rollet un fripon.
La fonction d’un écrivain est d’appeler un chat un chat. Si les mots sont malades, c’est à nous de les guérir. Au lieu de cela, beaucoup vivent de cette maladie.
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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.