mes couilles
\me kuj\
The verdict
“mes couilles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mes-couilles · mes couilles · French
mes couilles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | mes couilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \me kuj\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mes couilles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mes couilles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \me kuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mes couilles in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mes couilles, spelled M-E-S- -C-O-U-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Se dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mes couilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On dit San-Antonio, San-Antonio homme de lettres! Mes couilles, oui !
— Vous n’oserez pas. L’inspecteur se leva. Il s’approcha d’elle, s’appuya sur l’accoudoir du canapé où elle avait posé son coude et, son visage touchant presque celui de la femme, lui dit : — Je n’oserai pas ? Mes couilles, oui ! Je vous assure que je le ferai.
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.