dormir debout
\dɔʁ.miʁ də.bu\
The verdict
“dormir debout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être très fatigué au point de somnoler.
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Index FR-dormir-debout · dormir debout · French
dormir debout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 debout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔʁ.miʁ də.bu\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dormir debout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔʁ.miʁ də.bu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être très fatigué au point de somnoler.".
Zero misspellings are on record for dormir debout in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dormir debout, spelled D-O-R-M-I-R- -D-E-B-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Être très fatigué au point de somnoler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dormir debout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En rentrant à la maison, je dormais debout, d’un de ces sommeils d’enfant fatigué par un long voyage contre lesquels il n’y a pas de résistance, et on m’envoya coucher.
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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.