repousser ses limites

verb

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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 May 6, 2026) - Aller au delà du commun ou de l'habitude ; se dépasser.

Key facts for repousser ses limites
PropertyValue
Headwordrepousser ses limites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “repousser ses limites” sits in French frequency

repousser ses limites falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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

  1. 1
    Aller au delà du commun ou de l'habitude ; se dépasser.

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 "repousser ses limites"?
"repousser ses limites" is spelled R-E-P-O-U-S-S-E-R- -S-E-S- -L-I-M-I-T-E-S.
What does "repousser ses limites" mean?
As a verb, "repousser ses limites" means: Aller au delà du commun ou de l'habitude ; se dépasser.
What language does "repousser ses limites" come from?
"repousser ses limites" 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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Using “repousser ses limites”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-P-O-U-S-S-E-R- -S-E-S- -L-I-M-I-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list