ficher le camp
\fi.ʃe l(ə) kɑ̃\
The verdict
“ficher le camp” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atténuation de foutre le camp, s’en aller, partir, se tirer, déguerpir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ficher-le-camp · ficher le camp · French
ficher le camp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ficher le camp |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fi.ʃe l(ə) kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ficher le camp is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fi.ʃe l(ə) kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ficher le camp, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ficher le camp, spelled F-I-C-H-E-R- -L-E- -C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1Atténuation de foutre le camp, s’en aller, partir, se tirer, déguerpir.
- 2Tomber en ruine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ficher le camp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un petit tintement de cuiller et de porcelaine dans le couloir m’avertit qu’on va monter chez Marcel la tasse de tilleul qu’il boit à dix heures, et je serre tout à coup les mâchoires, prête à me lever, à balayer la lampe et la table, et Annie, et Marcel, en criant : « Fichez-moi le camp ! J’ai besoin d’être seule et de ne pas entendre vivre sottement à c…
Un sale égoïste, voilà ce que tu es, préoccupé seulement de ta propre personne. Je ne sais pas pourquoi j'ai perdu mon temps avec un conard pareil. Fiche le camp !
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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.