engueuler comme du poisson pourri
\ɑ̃.ɡœ.le kɔm dy pwa.sɔ̃ pu.ʁi\
The verdict
“engueuler comme du poisson pourri” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 33
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tancer, réprimander très vivement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-engueuler-comme-du-poiss · engueuler comme du poisson pourri · French
engueuler comme du poisson pourri · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 33 letters
- VOW-14 14 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 | engueuler comme du poisson pourri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡœ.le kɔm dy pwa.sɔ̃ pu.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 33 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « engueuler comme du poisson pourri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
engueuler comme du poisson pourri is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡœ.le kɔm dy pwa.sɔ̃ pu.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tancer, réprimander très vivement.".
engueuler comme du poisson pourri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is engueuler comme du poisson pourri, spelled E-N-G-U-E-U-L-E-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -D-U- -P-O-I-S-S-O-N- -P-O-U-R-R-I.
Definition
- 1Tancer, réprimander très vivement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how engueuler comme du poisson pourri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’employé. — Eh ! monsieur, il y va de ma responsabilité. Supposez que vous ne soyez pas le destinataire de cette lettre et que je vous la remette cependant. Qu’arriverait-il ? Il arriverait : primo, que je serais engueulé comme du poisson pourri ; secundo, que j’aurais à rembourser de ma poche les cent francs, valeur déclarée, accusés à sa suscription.
Le lendemain matin, quand le Maestro a appris ce qui s’était passé, il m’a engueulé comme du poisson pourri parce ce que je ne l’avais pas réveillé.
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.