ne pas être la tasse de thé

\nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə la tɑs də te\

/\nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə la tɑs də te\/ verb

The verdict

“ne pas être la tasse de thé” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ne pas être dans les goûts (de quelqu'un), ne pas plaire.

Key facts for ne pas être la tasse de thé
PropertyValue
Headwordne pas être la tasse de thé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə la tɑs də te\
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ne pas être la tasse de thé” sits in French frequency

ne pas être la tasse de thé 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ne pas être la tasse de thé is 27 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə la tɑs də te\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ne pas être dans les goûts (de quelqu'un), ne pas plaire.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ne pas être la tasse de thé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ne pas être la tasse de thé, spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -Ê-T-R-E- -L-A- -T-A-S-S-E- -D-E- -T-H-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne pas être dans les goûts (de quelqu'un), ne pas plaire.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ne pas être la tasse de thé"?
"ne pas être la tasse de thé" is spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -Ê-T-R-E- -L-A- -T-A-S-S-E- -D-E- -T-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə la tɑs də te\.
What does "ne pas être la tasse de thé" mean?
As a verb, "ne pas être la tasse de thé" means: Ne pas être dans les goûts (de quelqu'un), ne pas plaire.
How do you pronounce "ne pas être la tasse de thé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ne pas être la tasse de thé" is \nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə la tɑs də te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “ne pas être la tasse de thé”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is N-E- -P-A-S- -Ê-T-R-E- -L-A- -T-A-S-S-E- -D-E- -T-H-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə la tɑs də te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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