n’avoir plus sa tête

\n‿a.vwaʁ ply sa tɛt\

/\n‿a.vwaʁ ply sa tɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“n’avoir plus sa tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne plus disposer de toutes ses facultés mentales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-n-avoir-plus-sa-tete · n’avoir plus sa tête · French

n’avoir plus sa tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" 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.

Key facts for n’avoir plus sa tête
PropertyValue
Headwordn’avoir plus sa tête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\n‿a.vwaʁ ply sa tɛt\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « n’avoir plus sa tête » en français

n’avoir plus sa têtereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

n’avoir plus sa tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \n‿a.vwaʁ ply sa tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne plus disposer de toutes ses facultés mentales.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for n’avoir plus sa tête in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is n’avoir plus sa tête, spelled N-’-A-V-O-I-R- -P-L-U-S- -S-A- -T-Ê-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne plus disposer de toutes ses facultés mentales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how n’avoir plus sa tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « Elle vous a demandé toute la nuit, mais je crois bien que la pauvre vieille n’a plus sa tête et nous serons bien étonnés, mon révérend père, si vous en tirez quelque chose. »

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "n’avoir plus sa tête"?
"n’avoir plus sa tête" is spelled N-’-A-V-O-I-R- -P-L-U-S- -S-A- -T-Ê-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \n‿a.vwaʁ ply sa tɛt\.
What does "n’avoir plus sa tête" mean?
As a verb, "n’avoir plus sa tête" means: Ne plus disposer de toutes ses facultés mentales.
How do you pronounce "n’avoir plus sa tête"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "n’avoir plus sa tête" is \n‿a.vwaʁ ply sa tɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "n’avoir plus sa tête" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list