mort aux vaches
\mɔ.ʁ‿o vaʃ\
The verdict
“mort aux vaches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cri antimilitariste, anarchiste ou communard ; injure lancée aux forces de l’ordre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mort aux vaches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \mɔ.ʁ‿o vaʃ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mort aux vaches” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mort aux vaches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \mɔ.ʁ‿o vaʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cri antimilitariste, anarchiste ou communard ; injure lancée aux forces de l’ordre.".
mort aux vaches has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mort aux vaches, spelled M-O-R-T- -A-U-X- -V-A-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Cri antimilitariste, anarchiste ou communard ; injure lancée aux forces de l’ordre.
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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Using “mort aux vaches”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-T- -A-U-X- -V-A-C-H-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ.ʁ‿o vaʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.