ferme ta gueule
\fɛʁm ta ɡœl\
The verdict
“ferme ta gueule” 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-gueule · ferme ta gueule · French
ferme ta gueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | ferme ta gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \fɛʁm ta ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ferme ta gueule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ferme ta gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \fɛʁm ta ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit pour intimer de façon violente et péremptoire, à son interlocuteur, de se taire.".
ferme ta gueule has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ferme ta gueule, spelled F-E-R-M-E- -T-A- -G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit pour intimer de façon violente et péremptoire, à son interlocuteur, de se taire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ferme ta gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors ferme ta gueule et lève-toi.
— Jaco, ferme ta grande gueule ou je ne viendrai plus jamais chasser avec vous ! rugit Samuel. Tu devrais avoir honte !
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.