ne pas mâcher ses mots
\nə pa mɑ.ʃe se mo\
The verdict
“ne pas mâcher ses mots” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’exprimer sans détours, sans ménagement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ne-pas-macher-ses-mots · ne pas mâcher ses mots · French
ne pas mâcher ses mots · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | ne pas mâcher ses mots |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \nə pa mɑ.ʃe se mo\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ne pas mâcher ses mots is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \nə pa mɑ.ʃe se mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’exprimer sans détours, sans ménagement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ne pas mâcher ses mots, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ne pas mâcher ses mots, spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -M-Â-C-H-E-R- -S-E-S- -M-O-T-S.
Definition
- 1S’exprimer sans détours, sans ménagement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ne pas mâcher ses mots appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu as vu un peu comment elle lui a parlé ? Elle n’a pas mâché ses mots !
Ribadier. — Et M. de Rothschild… Tu n’as pas vu la figure qu’il faisait, M. de Rothschild ?… Il ne me l’a pas mâché, va, quand tu as été partie : "Vous aurez la bonté, mon cher collègue, m’a-t-il dit, d’avertir Mme Ribadier, pour l’avenir, que nos réunions sont privées !"
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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.