je-sais-tout
\ʒə.sɛ.tu\
The verdict
“je-sais-tout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui semble ou fait semblant de tout savoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-je-sais-tout · je-sais-tout · French
je-sais-tout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | je-sais-tout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒə.sɛ.tu\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
je-sais-tout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒə.sɛ.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui semble ou fait semblant de tout savoir.".
je-sais-tout has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is je-sais-tout, spelled J-E---S-A-I-S---T-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Personne qui semble ou fait semblant de tout savoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how je-sais-tout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parfois, un je-sais-tout intervient dans le débat, qu’il écrase de sa sérénité clairvoyante de voyageur mondialiste. « Ne croyez pas ça ! C’est partout pareil. »
Il y a le moulin à paroles, le "je-sais-tout" qui prend tout le monde de haut, l'irascible... S'ils apportent de la vie au bureau, à la longue, ils vous saoulent.
This word in other languages
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.