dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur

\diʁ sə kɔ̃.n‿a syʁ lə kœʁ\

/\diʁ sə kɔ̃.n‿a syʁ lə kœʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur” 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
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’exprimer avec franchise sur un sujet pénible ou sur ses sentiments.

Key facts for dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur
PropertyValue
Headworddire ce qu’on a sur le cœur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\diʁ sə kɔ̃.n‿a syʁ lə kœʁ\
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur” sits in French frequency

dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur 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 dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur is 27 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \diʁ sə kɔ̃.n‿a syʁ lə kœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "S’exprimer avec franchise sur un sujet pénible ou sur ses sentiments.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur, spelled D-I-R-E- -C-E- -Q-U-’-O-N- -A- -S-U-R- -L-E- -C-Œ-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’exprimer avec franchise sur un sujet pénible ou sur ses sentiments.

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 "dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur"?
"dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur" is spelled D-I-R-E- -C-E- -Q-U-’-O-N- -A- -S-U-R- -L-E- -C-Œ-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \diʁ sə kɔ̃.n‿a syʁ lə kœʁ\.
What does "dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur" mean?
As a verb, "dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur" means: S’exprimer avec franchise sur un sujet pénible ou sur ses sentiments.
How do you pronounce "dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur" is \diʁ sə kɔ̃.n‿a syʁ lə kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur" come from?
"dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is D-I-R-E- -C-E- -Q-U-’-O-N- -A- -S-U-R- -L-E- -C-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \diʁ sə kɔ̃.n‿a syʁ lə kœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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