péter les plombs
\pe.te le plɔ̃\
The verdict
“péter les plombs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Craquer nerveusement ; s’emporter violemment ; devenir furieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peter-les-plombs · péter les plombs · French
péter les plombs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | péter les plombs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pe.te le plɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « péter les plombs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
péter les plombs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pe.te le plɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Craquer nerveusement ; s’emporter violemment ; devenir furieux.".
péter les plombs has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is péter les plombs, spelled P-É-T-E-R- -L-E-S- -P-L-O-M-B-S.
Definition
- 1Craquer nerveusement ; s’emporter violemment ; devenir furieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how péter les plombs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son offre rendit Edna hystérique et Gloria se plaignit à Irma du manque de reconnaissance de leur soeur. « J'y ouvre toute grande la porte de notre maison, pis a pète les plombs », se plaignit-elle à Irma.
— Sérieux, wallah, en plus ils ont blessé le petit karlouche de chez nous, meskin il a quinze ans, tu sais quoi, sa mère, elle est en train de péter les plombs.
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.