gosser des poils de grenouille
\ɡɔ.se de pwal də ɡʁə.nuj\
The verdict
“gosser des poils de grenouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 30
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couper les cheveux en quatre, pinailler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gosser-des-poils-de-gren · gosser des poils de grenouille · French
gosser des poils de grenouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 30 letters
- VOW-11 11 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gosser des poils de grenouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡɔ.se de pwal də ɡʁə.nuj\ |
| Letters | 30 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gosser des poils de grenouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gosser des poils de grenouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡɔ.se de pwal də ɡʁə.nuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couper les cheveux en quatre, pinailler.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gosser des poils de grenouille in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gosser des poils de grenouille, spelled G-O-S-S-E-R- -D-E-S- -P-O-I-L-S- -D-E- -G-R-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Couper les cheveux en quatre, pinailler.
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.