donner froid dans le dos
\dɔ.ne fʁwa dɑ̃ lə do\
The verdict
“donner froid dans le dos” 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
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inspirer la peur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donner froid dans le dos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne fʁwa dɑ̃ lə do\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “donner froid dans le dos” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for donner froid dans le dos is 24 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.ne fʁwa dɑ̃ lə do\. 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: "Inspirer la peur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for donner froid dans le dos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is donner froid dans le dos, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -F-R-O-I-D- -D-A-N-S- -L-E- -D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Inspirer la peur.
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.
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Using “donner froid dans le dos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-N-N-E-R- -F-R-O-I-D- -D-A-N-S- -L-E- -D-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.ne fʁwa dɑ̃ lə do\ (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.