fort en gueule

\fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\

/\fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\/ adj

The verdict

“fort en gueule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qualifie quelqu’un au verbe haut, qui sait se faire entendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fort-en-gueule · fort en gueule · French

fort en gueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for fort en gueule
PropertyValue
Headwordfort en gueule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fort en gueule » en français

fort en gueulesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fort en gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie quelqu’un au verbe haut, qui sait se faire entendre.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fort en gueule, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fort en gueule, spelled F-O-R-T- -E-N- -G-U-E-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie quelqu’un au verbe haut, qui sait se faire entendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fort en gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On est dans la bouche d’or des prophètes forts en gueule, mangeurs de poireau cru.
  2. D’autres viennent d’Angola. De véritables buffles, ceux-là, forts en gueule et prompts à la bagarre. Une fois, j’ai dû en corriger un qui s’était enivré de fangourin. On aurait dit un véritable possédé. Il porte encore la marque de mon couteau sur son visage. Depuis ce jour, je m’en méfie comme de la gale, et jamais je ne lui tourne le dos.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fort en gueule"?
"fort en gueule" is spelled F-O-R-T- -E-N- -G-U-E-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\.
What does "fort en gueule" mean?
As an adjective, "fort en gueule" means: Qualifie quelqu’un au verbe haut, qui sait se faire entendre.
How do you pronounce "fort en gueule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fort en gueule" is \fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fort en gueule" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list