foutre le camp
\futʁ lə kɑ̃\
The verdict
“foutre 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) - Partir, s’en aller précipitamment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foutre-le-camp · foutre le camp · French
foutre le camp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | foutre le camp |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \futʁ lə kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
foutre le camp is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \futʁ lə kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
foutre le camp has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is foutre le camp, spelled F-O-U-T-R-E- -L-E- -C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1Partir, s’en aller précipitamment.
- 2S'altérer, se dégrader, disparaître.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foutre le camp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Mais, nom de Dieu ! mon garçon, foutez-donc le camp ! — Merci, l’ancien ! On va tâcher.
Monsieur, dans votre famille, on fout le camp ; dans la mienne, on prend congé.
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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.