ne pas sentir la rose
\nə pa sɑ̃.tiʁ la ʁoz\
The verdict
“ne pas sentir la rose” 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
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Puer, sentir mauvais.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ne pas sentir la rose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \nə pa sɑ̃.tiʁ la ʁoz\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ne pas sentir la rose” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ne pas sentir la rose is 21 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nə pa sɑ̃.tiʁ la ʁoz\. 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: "Puer, sentir mauvais.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ne pas sentir la rose in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ne pas sentir la rose, spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -S-E-N-T-I-R- -L-A- -R-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Puer, sentir mauvais.
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 sentir la rose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-E- -P-A-S- -S-E-N-T-I-R- -L-A- -R-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nə pa sɑ̃.tiʁ la ʁoz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.