péter plus haut que le trou

\pe.te ply o klə tʁu\

/\pe.te ply o klə tʁu\/ verb

The verdict

“péter plus haut que le trou” 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
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être snob ou trop orgueilleux.

Key facts for péter plus haut que le trou
PropertyValue
Headwordpéter plus haut que le trou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pe.te ply o klə tʁu\
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “péter plus haut que le trou” sits in French frequency

péter plus haut que le trou 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for péter plus haut que le trou is 27 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pe.te ply o klə tʁu\. 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: "Être snob ou trop orgueilleux.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for péter plus haut que le trou, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is péter plus haut que le trou, spelled P-É-T-E-R- -P-L-U-S- -H-A-U-T- -Q-U-E- -L-E- -T-R-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être snob ou trop orgueilleux.

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 "péter plus haut que le trou"?
"péter plus haut que le trou" is spelled P-É-T-E-R- -P-L-U-S- -H-A-U-T- -Q-U-E- -L-E- -T-R-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.te ply o klə tʁu\.
What does "péter plus haut que le trou" mean?
As a verb, "péter plus haut que le trou" means: Être snob ou trop orgueilleux.
How do you pronounce "péter plus haut que le trou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "péter plus haut que le trou" is \pe.te ply o klə tʁu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "péter plus haut que le trou" come from?
"péter plus haut que le trou" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “péter plus haut que le trou”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-É-T-E-R- -P-L-U-S- -H-A-U-T- -Q-U-E- -L-E- -T-R-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pe.te ply o klə tʁu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list