fort en gueule
\fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡœl\
The verdict
“fort en gueule” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie quelqu’un au verbe haut, qui sait se faire entendre.
| 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) |
Where “fort en gueule” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fort en gueule is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ 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: "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.
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.
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Using “fort en gueule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-T- -E-N- -G-U-E-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ 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.