laid comme le péché
\lɛ kɔm lə pe.ʃe\
The verdict
“laid comme le péché” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très laid, repoussant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laid-comme-le-peche · laid comme le péché · French
laid comme le péché · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | laid comme le péché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɛ kɔm lə pe.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
laid comme le péché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɛ kɔm lə pe.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très laid, repoussant.".
laid comme le péché 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is laid comme le péché, spelled L-A-I-D- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E- -P-É-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Très laid, repoussant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laid comme le péché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'abbé, moins laid que sa soeur, laide comme le péché quand il est scandaleux, était laid, lui, comme le péché quand il est plaisant
Ah ! parce que vous n'êtes pas un homme comme tous ceux que nous voyons ici, et, bien que je sois laid comme le péché, je ne voudrais pas que vous me prissiez pour un âne, d’autant moins que j’aurai peut-être un jour une grâce à demander au commandant des Trois-Rivières, dont vous êtes l’officier de garde, si j’ai bien compris ce que vous avez dit en déje…
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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.