fout-la-merde
\fu.la.mɛʁd\
The verdict
“fout-la-merde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui provoque des conflits, qui sème la zizanie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fout-la-merde · fout-la-merde · French
fout-la-merde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | fout-la-merde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fu.la.mɛʁd\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fout-la-merde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fout-la-merde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fu.la.mɛʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui provoque des conflits, qui sème la zizanie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fout-la-merde, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fout-la-merde, spelled F-O-U-T---L-A---M-E-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui provoque des conflits, qui sème la zizanie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fout-la-merde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faut être con pour envisager de rapatrier en France, où il y a déjà bien assez de problèmes, un tordu, un fout-la-merde de ton espèce !
Hé oui ! C’est marrant : Le Pen, c’était un fout-la-merde magnifique ! Je suis persuadé qu’il y a dans sa démarche une volonté très nette de fout-la-merde.
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.