lécher les bottes
\le.ʃe le bɔt\
The verdict
“lécher les bottes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flatter servilement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lecher-les-bottes · lécher les bottes · French
lécher les bottes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | lécher les bottes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \le.ʃe le bɔt\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lécher les bottes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lécher les bottes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \le.ʃe le bɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flatter servilement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lécher les bottes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lécher les bottes, spelled L-É-C-H-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-O-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Flatter servilement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lécher les bottes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces polissons de mobiles et de francs-tireurs — juste les gens que haïssaient le plus les Prussiens — avaient bien besoin vraiment de venir faire leurs farces dans un pays raisonnable où on ne demandait, en somme, qu’à lécher les bottes allemandes !
Il est inutile de respecter les vivants, à moins qu'ils ne soient les plus forts. Dans ce cas, l’expérience conseille plutôt de lécher leurs bottes, fussent-elles merdeuses. Mais les morts doivent toujours être respectés.
This word in other languages
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