perdre sa jeunesse

\pɛʁdʁ sa ʒœ.nɛs\

/\pɛʁdʁ sa ʒœ.nɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“perdre sa jeunesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perdre son temps.

Key facts for perdre sa jeunesse
PropertyValue
Headwordperdre sa jeunesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁdʁ sa ʒœ.nɛs\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “perdre sa jeunesse” sits in French frequency

perdre sa jeunesse falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perdre sa jeunesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁdʁ sa ʒœ.nɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perdre son temps.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perdre sa jeunesse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is perdre sa jeunesse, spelled P-E-R-D-R-E- -S-A- -J-E-U-N-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perdre son temps.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perdre sa jeunesse"?
"perdre sa jeunesse" is spelled P-E-R-D-R-E- -S-A- -J-E-U-N-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁdʁ sa ʒœ.nɛs\.
What does "perdre sa jeunesse" mean?
As a verb, "perdre sa jeunesse" means: Perdre son temps.
How do you pronounce "perdre sa jeunesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdre sa jeunesse" is \pɛʁdʁ sa ʒœ.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdre sa jeunesse" come from?
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Using “perdre sa jeunesse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-D-R-E- -S-A- -J-E-U-N-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɛʁdʁ sa ʒœ.nɛs\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list