fauché comme les blés
\fo.ʃe kɔm le ble\
The verdict
“fauché comme les blés” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très pauvre, ruiné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fauche-comme-les-bles · fauché comme les blés · French
fauché comme les blés · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fauché comme les blés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fo.ʃe kɔm le ble\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fauché comme les blés is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fo.ʃe kɔm le ble\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très pauvre, ruiné.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fauché comme les blés in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fauché comme les blés, spelled F-A-U-C-H-É- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E-S- -B-L-É-S.
Definition
- 1Très pauvre, ruiné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fauché comme les blés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Ce trouble-fête étant hors du chemin, nous allons pouvoir nous remettre aux affaires — Ce n’est pas trop tôt, patron… je suis fauché comme les blés…
Car sans les gens du pays, quand on débarque à Paris, on est cuit. Dès lors qu’on est fauché comme les blés et qu’on doit gagner sa vie par son travail sans en avoir le droit. Car, officiellement, l’étudiant que tu es n’a pas le droit à l’embauche sous contrat.
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.