mes fesses
\mɛ fɛs\
The verdict
“mes fesses” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- 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, ou qu'on refuse quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mes-fesses · mes fesses · French
mes fesses · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 fesses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \mɛ fɛs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mes fesses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mes fesses is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \mɛ fɛs\. 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, ou qu'on refuse quelque chose.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mes fesses, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mes fesses, spelled M-E-S- -F-E-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Se dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule, ou qu'on refuse quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mes fesses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s'était formé là, autour de ce comptoir un peu de guingois, une communauté en quête d'asile, cadets d'Irlande, fermiers sans ferme, défricheurs sans champs, garnements peu sensibles aux arguments des très honorables recruteurs de Sa Majesté britannique, – ils lui disaient mes fesses, à Sa Majesté, les conscrits irlandais – des réfractaires, en somme, a…
Synonyms
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.