maigre comme une ficelle
\mɛɡʁ kɔ.m‿yn fi.sɛl\
The verdict
“maigre comme une ficelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excessivement maigre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maigre-comme-une-ficelle · maigre comme une ficelle · French
maigre comme une ficelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maigre comme une ficelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɛɡʁ kɔ.m‿yn fi.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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maigre comme une ficelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɛɡʁ kɔ.m‿yn fi.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Excessivement maigre.".
Zero misspellings are on record for maigre comme une ficelle in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is maigre comme une ficelle, spelled M-A-I-G-R-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -F-I-C-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Excessivement maigre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maigre comme une ficelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ephraïm est devenu maigre comme une ficelle.
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.