n’en avoir rien à secouer
\n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a sə.kwe\
The verdict
“n’en avoir rien à secouer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas avoir de considération pour quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-n-en-avoir-rien-a-secoue · n’en avoir rien à secouer · French
n’en avoir rien à secouer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 secouer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a sə.kwe\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « n’en avoir rien à secouer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
n’en avoir rien à secouer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a sə.kwe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas avoir de considération pour quelque chose.".
n’en avoir rien à secouer has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is n’en avoir rien à secouer, spelled N-’-E-N- -A-V-O-I-R- -R-I-E-N- -À- -S-E-C-O-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ne pas avoir de considération pour quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how n’en avoir rien à secouer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je lui en ai parlé mais il n’en a rien à secouer.
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.