dormir comme une masse
\dɔʁ.miʁ kɔ.m‿yn mas\
The verdict
“dormir comme une masse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sommeiller très fortement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dormir-comme-une-masse · dormir comme une masse · French
dormir comme une masse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 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 | dormir comme une masse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔʁ.miʁ kɔ.m‿yn mas\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dormir comme une masse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dormir comme une masse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔʁ.miʁ kɔ.m‿yn mas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sommeiller très fortement.".
dormir comme une masse has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dormir comme une masse, spelled D-O-R-M-I-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -M-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sommeiller très fortement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dormir comme une masse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– C’est incroyable ! J’ai dormi comme une masse !
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.