de la merde
\də la mɛʁd\
The verdict
“de la merde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Je ne suis pas dupe ; je ne vous crois pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-la-merde · de la merde · French
de la merde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | de la merde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \də la mɛʁd\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de la merde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de la merde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \də la mɛʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Je ne suis pas dupe ; je ne vous crois pas.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for de la merde in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is de la merde, spelled D-E- -L-A- -M-E-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Je ne suis pas dupe ; je ne vous crois pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de la merde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— […] Peut-être pourrais-je me justifier en vous avouant que personne n’était encore entré dans cette maison pour mener une enquête sur un assassinat. Et que le premier jour où je vous ai reçu, malgré les apparences, j’étais terriblement impressionnée, et je ne savais pas ce que je devais dire ou pas, si je faisais du mal à quelqu’un, si j’étais assez pru…
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.