enculer les mouches
\ɑ̃.ky.le lɛ muʃ\
The verdict
“enculer les mouches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apporter des précisions et détails inutiles dans une discussion, chicaner, se montrer tatillon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enculer-les-mouches · enculer les mouches · French
enculer les mouches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | enculer les mouches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ky.le lɛ muʃ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enculer les mouches » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enculer les mouches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ky.le lɛ muʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apporter des précisions et détails inutiles dans une discussion, chicaner, se montrer tatillon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for enculer les mouches in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 enculer les mouches, spelled E-N-C-U-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-O-U-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Apporter des précisions et détails inutiles dans une discussion, chicaner, se montrer tatillon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enculer les mouches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne fait qu’enculer les mouches. On perd des heures à se mettre d’accord sur des détails, et sur le fond on n’avance pas.
« Cessez d’enculer les mouches ! » leur lança un jour le secrétaire général du parti. « Camarade, nous nous battons aussi pour la liberté et la dignité des mouches. »
This word in other languages
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.