manger les barabans par la racine
\mɑ̃.ʒe le ba.ʁa.bɑ̃ paʁ la ʁa.sin\
The verdict
“manger les barabans par la racine” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 33
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mourir, décéder, passer l’arme à gauche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manger les barabans par la racine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ʒe le ba.ʁa.bɑ̃ paʁ la ʁa.sin\ |
| Letters | 33 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manger les barabans par la racine” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for manger les barabans par la racine is 33 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃.ʒe le ba.ʁa.bɑ̃ paʁ la ʁa.sin\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mourir, décéder, passer l’arme à gauche.".
No misspelling variants are generated for manger les barabans par la racine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is manger les barabans par la racine, spelled M-A-N-G-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-A-R-A-B-A-N-S- -P-A-R- -L-A- -R-A-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Mourir, décéder, passer l’arme à gauche.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is M-A-N-G-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-A-R-A-B-A-N-S- -P-A-R- -L-A- -R-A-C-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɑ̃.ʒe le ba.ʁa.bɑ̃ paʁ la ʁa.sin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.