baisser les bras
\bɛ.se le bʁɑ\
The verdict
“baisser les bras” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Renoncer à agir ; se décourager face aux difficultés. Note d’usage : Principalement utilisé dans une phrase négative.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baisser les bras |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɛ.se le bʁɑ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baisser les bras” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for baisser les bras is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɛ.se le bʁɑ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Renoncer à agir ; se décourager face aux difficultés. Note d’usage : Principalement utilisé dans une phrase négative.".
No misspelling variants are generated for baisser les bras in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is baisser les bras, spelled B-A-I-S-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Renoncer à agir ; se décourager face aux difficultés. Note d’usage : Principalement utilisé dans une phrase négative.
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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.
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Using “baisser les bras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-I-S-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɛ.se le bʁɑ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.