ne pas en foutre une secousse
The verdict
“ne pas en foutre une secousse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ne rien faire du tout.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ne pas en foutre une secousse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ne pas en foutre une secousse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ne pas en foutre une secousse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne rien faire du tout.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ne pas en foutre une secousse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ne pas en foutre une secousse, spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -E-N- -F-O-U-T-R-E- -U-N-E- -S-E-C-O-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ne rien faire du tout.
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 “ne pas en foutre une secousse”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-E- -P-A-S- -E-N- -F-O-U-T-R-E- -U-N-E- -S-E-C-O-U-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.