raide comme un passe-lacet
\ʁɛd kɔ.m‿œ̃ pa.sla.sɛ\
The verdict
“raide comme un passe-lacet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très raide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raide-comme-un-passe-lac · raide comme un passe-lacet · French
raide comme un passe-lacet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | raide comme un passe-lacet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛd kɔ.m‿œ̃ pa.sla.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
raide comme un passe-lacet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɛd kɔ.m‿œ̃ pa.sla.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for raide comme un passe-lacet in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 raide comme un passe-lacet, spelled R-A-I-D-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -P-A-S-S-E---L-A-C-E-T.
Definition
- 1Très raide.
- 2Désargenté, ruiné.
- 3Ivre mort.
- 4Raide mort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raide comme un passe-lacet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et je passe raide comme un passe-lacet devant la Kommandantur de Mehun-sur-Yèvre.
Il se tourna sur sa chaise de manière à ne plus avoir dans son champ de vision le visage étrangement blanc de cet enfant sanglé de la tête aux pieds et raide comme un passe-lacet.
Synonyms
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.