quitter ce monde

verb

The verdict

“quitter ce monde” 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) - Trépasser ; périr.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quitter-ce-monde · quitter ce monde · French

quitter ce monde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Q" 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.

Key facts for quitter ce monde
PropertyValue
Headwordquitter ce monde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « quitter ce monde » en français

quitter ce mondesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quitter ce monde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trépasser ; périr.".

quitter ce monde doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 quitter ce monde, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E-R- -C-E- -M-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trépasser ; périr.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how quitter ce monde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pauvre Gratianne ; la dernière des Damvilliers quitte donc ce monde loin de Bagatelle où elle était née. Tu sais qui elle était, Osmond : pour toi une sorte de demi-grand-tante si je puis dire, puisque ma demi-sœur, issue du premier mariage de ma mère avec le marquis de Damvilliers.

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 "quitter ce monde"?
"quitter ce monde" is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E-R- -C-E- -M-O-N-D-E.
What does "quitter ce monde" mean?
As a verb, "quitter ce monde" means: Trépasser ; périr.
What language does "quitter ce monde" come from?
"quitter ce monde" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list