c’est pas du gâteau
\s‿e pa dy ɡa.to\
The verdict
“c’est pas du gâteau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. 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) - C’est très difficile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-c-est-pas-du-gateau · c’est pas du gâteau · French
c’est pas du gâteau · 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 "C" 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 | c’est pas du gâteau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \s‿e pa dy ɡa.to\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « c’est pas du gâteau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
c’est pas du gâteau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \s‿e pa dy ɡa.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "C’est très difficile.".
Zero misspellings are on record for c’est pas du gâteau in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is c’est pas du gâteau, spelled C-’-E-S-T- -P-A-S- -D-U- -G-Â-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1C’est très difficile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how c’est pas du gâteau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parce que les lascars que vous vous tapez chaque soir, c’est pas du gâteau . Je tiens à vous tirer un coup de chapeau.
Antonyms
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.