donner sur les oreilles
\dɔ.ne suʁ le.z‿ɔ.ʁɛj\
The verdict
“donner sur les oreilles” 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
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fatiguer, échauffer quelqu’un.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donner sur les oreilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne suʁ le.z‿ɔ.ʁɛj\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “donner sur les oreilles” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for donner sur les oreilles is 23 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.ne suʁ le.z‿ɔ.ʁɛj\. 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 donner sur les oreilles, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is donner sur les oreilles, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -S-U-R- -L-E-S- -O-R-E-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Fatiguer, échauffer quelqu’un.
- 2Infliger une correction, faire de vifs reproches.
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 sur les oreilles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-N-N-E-R- -S-U-R- -L-E-S- -O-R-E-I-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.ne suʁ le.z‿ɔ.ʁɛj\ (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.