donner la botte aux puces
\dɔ.ne la bɔ.t‿o pys\
The verdict
“donner la botte aux puces” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller se coucher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-donner-la-botte-aux-puce · donner la botte aux puces · French
donner la botte aux puces · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | donner la botte aux puces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne la bɔ.t‿o pys\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « donner la botte aux puces » en français
Rare enough to double-check
donner la botte aux puces is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔ.ne la bɔ.t‿o pys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aller se coucher.".
donner la botte aux puces doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is donner la botte aux puces, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -L-A- -B-O-T-T-E- -A-U-X- -P-U-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Aller se coucher.
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.