ne pas en foutre une secousse

verb

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.

Key facts for ne pas en foutre une secousse
PropertyValue
Headwordne pas en foutre une secousse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters29
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ne pas en foutre une secousse” sits in French frequency

ne pas en foutre une secousse falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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

  1. 1
    Ne 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ne pas en foutre une secousse"?
"ne pas en foutre une secousse" is 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.
What does "ne pas en foutre une secousse" mean?
As a verb, "ne pas en foutre une secousse" means: Ne rien faire du tout.
What language does "ne pas en foutre une secousse" come from?
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Using “ne pas en foutre une secousse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list