partir en sucette
\paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sy.sɛt\
The verdict
“partir en sucette” 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) - Prendre une mauvaise tournure.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | partir en sucette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sy.sɛt\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “partir en sucette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for partir en sucette is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sy.sɛt\. 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: "Prendre une mauvaise tournure.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for partir en sucette, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is partir en sucette, spelled P-A-R-T-I-R- -E-N- -S-U-C-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prendre une mauvaise tournure.
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.
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Using “partir en sucette”
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- -S-U-C-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sy.sɛt\ (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.