pleurer comme un veau
\plœ.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ vo\
The verdict
“pleurer comme un veau” 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
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pleurer abondamment et bruyamment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleurer comme un veau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \plœ.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ vo\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pleurer comme un veau” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pleurer comme un veau is 21 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plœ.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ vo\. 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: "Pleurer abondamment et bruyamment.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pleurer comme un veau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pleurer comme un veau, spelled P-L-E-U-R-E-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -V-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Pleurer abondamment et bruyamment.
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.
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Using “pleurer comme un veau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-E-U-R-E-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -V-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \plœ.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ vo\ (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.