fermer sa gueule
\fɛʁ.me sa ɡœl\
The verdict
“fermer sa gueule” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ou Se taire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fermer sa gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.me sa ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fermer sa gueule” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fermer sa gueule is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ.me sa ɡœl\. 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: "ou Se taire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fermer sa gueule, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fermer sa gueule, spelled F-E-R-M-E-R- -S-A- -G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1ou Se taire.
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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 “fermer sa gueule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-R-M-E-R- -S-A- -G-U-E-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ.me sa ɡœl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.