partir en couille
\paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ kuj\
The verdict
“partir en couille” 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être compromis en parlant du développement d’une discussion, d’un projet, d’un processus, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | partir en couille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ kuj\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “partir en couille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for partir en couille is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ kuj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for partir en couille in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is partir en couille, spelled P-A-R-T-I-R- -E-N- -C-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Être compromis en parlant du développement d’une discussion, d’un projet, d’un processus, etc.
- 2Se livrer à n’importe quoi.
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 “partir en couille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-T-I-R- -E-N- -C-O-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ kuj\ (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.