casse-couille
\kas.kuj\
The verdict
“casse-couille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui exaspère ; horripilant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-casse-couille · casse-couille · French
casse-couille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | casse-couille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kas.kuj\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « casse-couille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
casse-couille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kas.kuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui exaspère ; horripilant.".
casse-couille has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 casse-couille, spelled C-A-S-S-E---C-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui exaspère ; horripilant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how casse-couille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je les voyais quant à moi comme des casse-couilles.
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.