pétage de plombs
\pe.taʒ də plɔ̃\
The verdict
“pétage de plombs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de péter les plombs : perte de contrôle de soi-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petage-de-plombs · pétage de plombs · French
pétage de plombs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | pétage de plombs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.taʒ də plɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pétage de plombs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.taʒ də plɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de péter les plombs : perte de contrôle de soi-même.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pétage de plombs, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pétage de plombs, spelled P-É-T-A-G-E- -D-E- -P-L-O-M-B-S.
Definition
- 1Action de péter les plombs : perte de contrôle de soi-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pétage de plombs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La psychose, elle, est un état chronique de pétage de plombs qui vous fait prendre des vessies pour des lanternes. Les deux principales psychoses sont la schizophrénie et la paranoïa.
Nul n'est plus à l'abri d'un pétage de plombs des cerbères à l'entrée, d'une nervosité inexplicable (quoique) compte tenu de la tranquillité d'un public pas vraiment rock'n roll.
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.