être sur la pente savonneuse
\ɛtʁ syʁ la pɑ̃t sa.vɔ.nøz\
The verdict
“être sur la pente savonneuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être dans une situation qui se dégrade, qui est en train de mal tourner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etre-sur-la-pente-savonn · être sur la pente savonneuse · French
être sur la pente savonneuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-11 11 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ê" 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 | être sur la pente savonneuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛtʁ syʁ la pɑ̃t sa.vɔ.nøz\ |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
être sur la pente savonneuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛtʁ syʁ la pɑ̃t sa.vɔ.nøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être dans une situation qui se dégrade, qui est en train de mal tourner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for être sur la pente savonneuse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 être sur la pente savonneuse, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -S-U-R- -L-A- -P-E-N-T-E- -S-A-V-O-N-N-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Être dans une situation qui se dégrade, qui est en train de mal tourner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how être sur la pente savonneuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Albert essayait de le raisonner : tu es sur la pente savonneuse, mon petit père, on ne va pas pouvoir continuer comme ça, il faut te soigner.
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.