avoir une araignée au plafond
\a.vwa.ʁ‿y.n‿a.ʁɛ.ɲe o pla.fɔ̃\
The verdict
“avoir une araignée au plafond” 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) - Être dérangé, dingo, fou, maso, taré, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-une-araignee-au-pl · avoir une araignée au plafond · French
avoir une araignée au plafond · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 29 letters
- VOW-14 14 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 une araignée au plafond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwa.ʁ‿y.n‿a.ʁɛ.ɲe o pla.fɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avoir une araignée au plafond is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwa.ʁ‿y.n‿a.ʁɛ.ɲe o pla.fɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être dérangé, dingo, fou, maso, taré, etc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for avoir une araignée au plafond in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avoir une araignée au plafond, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -U-N-E- -A-R-A-I-G-N-É-E- -A-U- -P-L-A-F-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Être dérangé, dingo, fou, maso, taré, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avoir une araignée au plafond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son propre devancier, qui fait partie des meubles, est à ramasser à la petite cuiller. Il a une araignée au plafond et il va falloir se cotiser pour lui assurer l'aide à la personne.
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.