être au 36e dessous
\ɛtʁ o tʁɑ̃t.si.zjɛm də.su\
The verdict
“être au 36e dessous” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être dans un mauvais état, physique ou mental.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | être au 36e dessous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛtʁ o tʁɑ̃t.si.zjɛm də.su\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “être au 36e dessous” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for être au 36e dessous is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛtʁ o tʁɑ̃t.si.zjɛm də.su\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Être dans un mauvais état, physique ou mental.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for être au 36e dessous in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is être au 36e dessous, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -A-U- -3-6-E- -D-E-S-S-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Être dans un mauvais état, physique ou mental.
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.
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Using “être au 36e dessous”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Ê-T-R-E- -A-U- -3-6-E- -D-E-S-S-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.