n’en avoir rien à carrer
\n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a ka.ʁe\
The verdict
“n’en avoir rien à carrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se désintéresser ou être totalement indifférent de la chose ou personne en question.
Corpus desk
Index FR-n-en-avoir-rien-a-carrer · n’en avoir rien à carrer · French
n’en avoir rien à carrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-9 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | n’en avoir rien à carrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a ka.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « n’en avoir rien à carrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
n’en avoir rien à carrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a ka.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se désintéresser ou être totalement indifférent de la chose ou personne en question.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for n’en avoir rien à carrer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 n’en avoir rien à carrer, spelled N-’-E-N- -A-V-O-I-R- -R-I-E-N- -À- -C-A-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se désintéresser ou être totalement indifférent de la chose ou personne en question.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how n’en avoir rien à carrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai eu beau le hurler dans tous les sens, personne n’en avait rien à carrer.
Tout cela, il fallait bien l’admettre, je n’en avais presque rien à carrer.
This word in other languages
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.