perdre la tête
\pɛʁdʁ la tɛt\
The verdict
“perdre la tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir fou ; perdre ses facultés mentales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perdre-la-tete · perdre la tête · French
perdre la tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | perdre la tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɛʁdʁ la tɛt\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « perdre la tête » en français
Rare enough to double-check
perdre la tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁdʁ la tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Devenir fou ; perdre ses facultés mentales.".
perdre la tête doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is perdre la tête, spelled P-E-R-D-R-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1Devenir fou ; perdre ses facultés mentales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perdre la tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai tant d’embarras, tant de chagrins, que j’en perds la tête.
Ma tête se perd, je m’égare.
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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.