avoir l’estomac dans les talons
\a.vwaʁ l‿ɛs.to.ma dɑ̃ le ta.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“avoir l’estomac dans les talons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir très faim.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-l-estomac-dans-les · avoir l’estomac dans les talons · French
avoir l’estomac dans les talons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 31 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | avoir l’estomac dans les talons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ l‿ɛs.to.ma dɑ̃ le ta.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avoir l’estomac dans les talons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ l‿ɛs.to.ma dɑ̃ le ta.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir très faim.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for avoir l’estomac dans les talons, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is avoir l’estomac dans les talons, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-’-E-S-T-O-M-A-C- -D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -T-A-L-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Avoir très faim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir l’estomac dans les talons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai l’estomac dans les talons à force de travailler comme ça.
Je mangerais bien un petit quelque chose dit Mina en riant ; je commence à avoir l’estomac dans les talons.
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.