chaud les marrons
\ʃo le ma.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“chaud les marrons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phrase adverbiale pour désigner quelque chose de délicat, de périlleux à réaliser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chaud-les-marrons · chaud les marrons · French
chaud les marrons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chaud les marrons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʃo le ma.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chaud les marrons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chaud les marrons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʃo le ma.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Phrase adverbiale pour désigner quelque chose de délicat, de périlleux à réaliser.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chaud les marrons, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chaud les marrons, spelled C-H-A-U-D- -L-E-S- -M-A-R-R-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Phrase adverbiale pour désigner quelque chose de délicat, de périlleux à réaliser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chaud les marrons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pourquoi dire « il est à fleur de peau en ce moment » quand on peut dire « c’est chaud les marrons, Jean-Loup est à cran » ?
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.