en avoir plein les jambes
\ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ plɛ̃ le ʒɑ̃b\
The verdict
“en avoir plein les jambes” 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) - Être las, fatigué d’une situation qui a trop duré ou suite à un grand effort physique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-avoir-plein-les-jambe · en avoir plein les jambes · French
en avoir plein les jambes · 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 "E" 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 | en avoir plein les jambes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ plɛ̃ le ʒɑ̃b\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en avoir plein les jambes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ plɛ̃ le ʒɑ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être las, fatigué d’une situation qui a trop duré ou suite à un grand effort physique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for en avoir plein les jambes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is en avoir plein les jambes, spelled E-N- -A-V-O-I-R- -P-L-E-I-N- -L-E-S- -J-A-M-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Être las, fatigué d’une situation qui a trop duré ou suite à un grand effort physique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en avoir plein les jambes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« en avoir plein les pattes - pour « en avoir plein les jambes » (se sentir très fatigué).
Synonyms
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.