maigre comme une ételle

adj

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The verdict

“maigre comme une ételle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrêmement maigre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maigre-comme-une-etelle · maigre comme une ételle · French

maigre comme une ételle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 23 letters
  • VOW-10 10 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" 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.

Key facts for maigre comme une ételle
PropertyValue
Headwordmaigre comme une ételle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maigre comme une ételle” sits in French frequency

maigre comme une ételle falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maigre comme une ételle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extrêmement maigre.".

Zero misspellings are on record for maigre comme une ételle in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is maigre comme une ételle, spelled M-A-I-G-R-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -É-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrêmement maigre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how maigre comme une ételle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La demoiselle est pire que la poupée à Jeanneton: elle est maigre comme une ételle et n'a de rondeurs que sur le dos... Mais tu fais les yeux doux à ses écus, […].

Synonyms

maigre comme un coup de triquemaigre comme un cloumaigre comme un coucou

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maigre comme une ételle"?
"maigre comme une ételle" is spelled M-A-I-G-R-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -É-T-E-L-L-E.
What does "maigre comme une ételle" mean?
As an adjective, "maigre comme une ételle" means: Extrêmement maigre.
What language does "maigre comme une ételle" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list