briser les couilles

\bʁi.ze le kuj\

/\bʁi.ze le kuj\/ verb

The verdict

“briser les couilles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Importuner quelqu'un, exaspérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-briser-les-couilles · briser les couilles · French

briser les couilles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for briser les couilles
PropertyValue
Headwordbriser les couilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁi.ze le kuj\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « briser les couilles » en français

briser les couillessiège 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

briser les couilles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁi.ze le kuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Importuner quelqu'un, exaspérer.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for briser les couilles, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is briser les couilles, spelled B-R-I-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -C-O-U-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Importuner quelqu'un, exaspérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how briser les couilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. No problem ça me brisait les couilles de voir des boulets dire n'importe quoi...
  2. Je ne suis que paix et amout' normalement, je ne sais pas comment tu fais pour réussir à me briser les couilles à chacun de tes posts.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "briser les couilles"?
"briser les couilles" is spelled B-R-I-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -C-O-U-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.ze le kuj\.
What does "briser les couilles" mean?
As a verb, "briser les couilles" means: Importuner quelqu'un, exaspérer.
How do you pronounce "briser les couilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "briser les couilles" is \bʁi.ze le kuj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "briser les couilles" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list