botter le cul
\bɔ.te lə ky\
The verdict
“botter le 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infliger une sévère correction, battre à plate couture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-botter-le-cul · botter le cul · French
botter le cul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | botter le cul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɔ.te lə ky\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « botter le cul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
botter le cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bɔ.te lə ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for botter le cul in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 botter le cul, spelled B-O-T-T-E-R- -L-E- -C-U-L.
Definition
- 1Infliger une sévère correction, battre à plate couture.
- 2Motiver énergiquement.
- 3(réfléchi) Se motiver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how botter le cul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heureusement, nous étions trois, moi, Jean Bobin pour saint Crépin, Emond Poifou pour saint Vincent, qui n’étions pas plus disposés, pour faire la leçon au duc, à lui baiser qu’à lui botter le cul.
Ça ne m’empêche pas de botter le cul à ceux qui m’embêtent.
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.