repousser ses limites
The verdict
“repousser ses limites” 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) - Aller au delà du commun ou de l'habitude ; se dépasser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repousser-ses-limites · repousser ses limites · French
repousser ses limites · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | repousser ses limites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « repousser ses limites » en français
Rare enough to double-check
repousser ses limites is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aller au delà du commun ou de l'habitude ; se dépasser.".
repousser ses limites doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is repousser ses limites, spelled R-E-P-O-U-S-S-E-R- -S-E-S- -L-I-M-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Aller au delà du commun ou de l'habitude ; se dépasser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repousser ses limites appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Christophe Colomb n'était rien d'autre qu'un homme qui voulait repousser ses limites en repoussant les limites du monde.
Par la suite, ils s'attaquent à la traversée du massif enneigé des Apennins, particulièrement difficile, mais les trois hommes repoussent leurs limites et réussissent à passer à travers les lignes allemandes à proximité du village d'Alfedena […].
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.