chier dans les bottes

\ʃje dɑ̃ le bɔt\

/\ʃje dɑ̃ le bɔt\/ verb

The verdict

“chier dans les bottes” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Importuner ou contrarier au plus haut point quelqu’un.

Key facts for chier dans les bottes
PropertyValue
Headwordchier dans les bottes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃje dɑ̃ le bɔt\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chier dans les bottes” sits in French frequency

chier dans les bottes falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chier dans les bottes is 21 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃje dɑ̃ le bɔt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chier dans les bottes, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 chier dans les bottes, spelled C-H-I-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -B-O-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Importuner ou contrarier au plus haut point quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Jouer un mauvais tour à quelqu’un.

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 "chier dans les bottes"?
"chier dans les bottes" is spelled C-H-I-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -B-O-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃje dɑ̃ le bɔt\.
What does "chier dans les bottes" mean?
As a verb, "chier dans les bottes" means: Importuner ou contrarier au plus haut point quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "chier dans les bottes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chier dans les bottes" is \ʃje dɑ̃ le bɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chier dans les bottes" come from?
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Using “chier dans les bottes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -B-O-T-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃje dɑ̃ le bɔt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list