avoir la marde au cul

\a.vwɑʁ la maʁ.d‿o ky\

/\a.vwɑʁ la maʁ.d‿o ky\/ verb

The verdict

“avoir la marde au cul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir de la chance à répétition.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avoir-la-marde-au-cul · avoir la marde au cul · French

avoir la marde au cul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-9 9 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.

Key facts for avoir la marde au cul
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir la marde au cul
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwɑʁ la maʁ.d‿o ky\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avoir la marde au cul » en français

avoir la marde au culsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avoir la marde au cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwɑʁ la maʁ.d‿o ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir de la chance à répétition.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for avoir la marde au cul in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is avoir la marde au cul, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -M-A-R-D-E- -A-U- -C-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir de la chance à répétition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how avoir la marde au cul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette année, il a été l’artisan des médias le plus cité au Québec, selon Influence communication. Il l’admet lui-même, il a eu « la marde au cul ».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avoir la marde au cul"?
"avoir la marde au cul" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -M-A-R-D-E- -A-U- -C-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwɑʁ la maʁ.d‿o ky\.
What does "avoir la marde au cul" mean?
As a verb, "avoir la marde au cul" means: Avoir de la chance à répétition.
How do you pronounce "avoir la marde au cul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir la marde au cul" is \a.vwɑʁ la maʁ.d‿o ky\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list