ne rien faire de ses dix doigts
\nə ʁjɛ̃ fɛʁ də se di dwa\
The verdict
“ne rien faire de ses dix doigts” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être oisif, paresseux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ne rien faire de ses dix doigts |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \nə ʁjɛ̃ fɛʁ də se di dwa\ |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ne rien faire de ses dix doigts” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ne rien faire de ses dix doigts is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \nə ʁjɛ̃ fɛʁ də se di dwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être oisif, paresseux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ne rien faire de ses dix doigts, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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 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 rien faire de ses dix doigts, spelled N-E- -R-I-E-N- -F-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -S-E-S- -D-I-X- -D-O-I-G-T-S.
Definition
- 1Être oisif, paresseux.
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 rien faire de ses dix doigts”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-E- -R-I-E-N- -F-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -S-E-S- -D-I-X- -D-O-I-G-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nə ʁjɛ̃ fɛʁ də se di dwa\ (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.