raser les murs
\ʁa.ze lɛ myʁ\
The verdict
“raser les murs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marcher le plus près possible du mur en se dissimulant et en se protégeant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raser-les-murs · raser les murs · French
raser les murs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | raser les murs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.ze lɛ myʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « raser les murs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
raser les murs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.ze lɛ myʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for raser les murs in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is raser les murs, spelled R-A-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Marcher le plus près possible du mur en se dissimulant et en se protégeant.
- 2Se faire humble ; passer volontairement inaperçu ; essayer de se montrer très discret ; de ne pas se montrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raser les murs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bientôt, dans la lumière incertaine du reste de jour et des rares becs de gaz que l’on vient d’allumer, apparaît une ombre qui rase les murs. C’est une vieille femme, maigre et mal vêtue ; elle porte aux bras deux lourds paniers, tout rafistolés de cordes ; on l’appelle « La mort aux Chats ».
Sous l'éternelle mitraille, la pluie d'obus, ils courbaient le dos, rasaient les murs, s'effaçaient aux abris.
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.