ferme ta bouche
\fɛʁm ta buʃ\
The verdict
“ferme ta bouche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit pour intimer de façon violente et péremptoire, à son interlocuteur, de se taire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ferme-ta-bouche · ferme ta bouche · French
ferme ta bouche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | ferme ta bouche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \fɛʁm ta buʃ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ferme ta bouche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ferme ta bouche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \fɛʁm ta buʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit pour intimer de façon violente et péremptoire, à son interlocuteur, de se taire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ferme ta bouche, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ferme ta bouche, spelled F-E-R-M-E- -T-A- -B-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit pour intimer de façon violente et péremptoire, à son interlocuteur, de se taire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ferme ta bouche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ferme ta bouche, plus un mot, il a dit en levant sa main comme s’il allait frapper…
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.