donner sur les oreilles
\dɔ.ne suʁ le.z‿ɔ.ʁɛj\
The verdict
“donner sur les oreilles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fatiguer, échauffer quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-donner-sur-les-oreilles · donner sur les oreilles · French
donner sur les oreilles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « donner sur les oreilles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
donner sur les oreilles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔ.ne suʁ le.z‿ɔ.ʁɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.