raconter des salades
\ʁa.kɔ̃.te dɛ sa.lad\
The verdict
“raconter des salades” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dire des mensonges, des nouvelles fausses.
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Index FR-raconter-des-salades · raconter des salades · French
raconter des salades · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | raconter des salades |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.kɔ̃.te dɛ sa.lad\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « raconter des salades » en français
Rare enough to double-check
raconter des salades is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.kɔ̃.te dɛ sa.lad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dire des mensonges, des nouvelles fausses.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for raconter des salades, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is raconter des salades, spelled R-A-C-O-N-T-E-R- -D-E-S- -S-A-L-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Dire des mensonges, des nouvelles fausses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how raconter des salades appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma voisine de banc du lycée aimait bien papoter, mais elle ne racontait que des salades et du coup j'essayais de ne pas trop l'écouter.
This word in other languages
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