ouvrir sa grande gueule
\u.vʁiʁ sa ɡʁɑ̃d ɡœl\
The verdict
“ouvrir sa grande gueule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parler de manière impertinente, grossière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouvrir-sa-grande-gueule · ouvrir sa grande gueule · French
ouvrir sa grande gueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ouvrir sa grande gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \u.vʁiʁ sa ɡʁɑ̃d ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ouvrir sa grande gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \u.vʁiʁ sa ɡʁɑ̃d ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parler de manière impertinente, grossière.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ouvrir sa grande gueule in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ouvrir sa grande gueule, spelled O-U-V-R-I-R- -S-A- -G-R-A-N-D-E- -G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Parler de manière impertinente, grossière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ouvrir sa grande gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Je t’avais prévenu que la situation était gravissime, mais tu n’as rien voulu entendre. Tu n’as pas réagi. Notre pouvoir est remis en cause par ta faute… — Erich, tu ne devrais pas ouvrir si grand ta grande gueule ! » lui lance Honecker.
This word in other languages
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.