envoyer chez le bonhomme
\ɑ̃.vwa.je ʃe l‿bɔ.nɔm\
The verdict
“envoyer chez le bonhomme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se débarrasser de façon expéditive et cavalière d’une personne gênante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-envoyer-chez-le-bonhomme · envoyer chez le bonhomme · French
envoyer chez le bonhomme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 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 | envoyer chez le bonhomme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.vwa.je ʃe l‿bɔ.nɔm\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « envoyer chez le bonhomme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
envoyer chez le bonhomme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vwa.je ʃe l‿bɔ.nɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se débarrasser de façon expéditive et cavalière d’une personne gênante.".
envoyer chez le bonhomme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is envoyer chez le bonhomme, spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -C-H-E-Z- -L-E- -B-O-N-H-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Se débarrasser de façon expéditive et cavalière d’une personne gênante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how envoyer chez le bonhomme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce n’est pas des coordonnateurs en l’air, que tout le monde envoie chez le bonhomme, qu’il envoie paître.
Puis aujourd’hui, ce cher premier ministre du Canada, à Ottawa, du haut de ses 14 % dans les sondages, l’envoie chez le bonhomme. Il dit, envoie au diable!
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.