fort en gueule
\fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fort en gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Qualifie quelqu’un au verbe haut, qui sait se faire entendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fort en gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On est dans la bouche d’or des prophètes forts en gueule, mangeurs de poireau cru.
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.