avoir un cheveu sur la langue
\a.vwa.ʁ‿œ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la lɑ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“avoir un cheveu sur la langue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zozoter ; zézayer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-un-cheveu-sur-la-l · avoir un cheveu sur la langue · French
avoir un cheveu sur la langue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 29 letters
- VOW-12 12 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 un cheveu sur la langue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwa.ʁ‿œ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la lɑ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avoir un cheveu sur la langue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwa.ʁ‿œ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la lɑ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zozoter ; zézayer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for avoir un cheveu sur la langue in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avoir un cheveu sur la langue, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -U-N- -C-H-E-V-E-U- -S-U-R- -L-A- -L-A-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Zozoter ; zézayer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avoir un cheveu sur la langue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour ses contemporains, c'était un zozo. Un drôle d'oiseau ! Un original, comme on dit trivialement de quelqu'un, quand ses faits et gestes nous dépassent. Délicieux détail, Malcolm de Chazal avait un cheveu sur la langue, donc zozotait...
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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.