pleurer comme un veau
\plœ.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ vo\
The verdict
“pleurer comme un veau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pleurer abondamment et bruyamment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pleurer-comme-un-veau · pleurer comme un veau · French
pleurer comme un veau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « pleurer comme un veau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pleurer comme un veau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \plœ.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pleurer comme un veau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et puis c’est un bon garçon, je le fais pleurer comme un veau, et il me respecte tant, qu’il n’a encore jamais osé m’embrasser autrement que sur les joues.
Alexis se retourna sur le ventre avec violence, d’un coup, la tête dans l’oreiller, et se mit à pleurer, à pleurer comme un veau… Les trains grinçaient des dents et gémissaient, et lui, il pleurait…
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.