manger le morceau
The verdict
“manger le morceau” 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) - Faire des révélations ; avouer ; dénoncer ses complices
Corpus desk
Index FR-manger-le-morceau · manger le morceau · French
manger le morceau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | manger le morceau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « manger le morceau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
manger le morceau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire des révélations ; avouer ; dénoncer ses complices".
Zero misspellings are on record for manger le morceau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 manger le morceau, spelled M-A-N-G-E-R- -L-E- -M-O-R-C-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Faire des révélations ; avouer ; dénoncer ses complices
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manger le morceau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si Ripoil tombe, je risque gros. On va enquêter, fouiller dans la comptabilité. Et le bougre est capable de manger le morceau. Nous avons touché Barnold et moi. L'extorsion de fonds est indéniable.
« Il a arrêté ce soir deux trafiquants de drogue, grâce à un fils à papa qui a mangé le morceau. »
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.