retrousser ses manches
\ʁə.tʁu.se se mɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“retrousser ses manches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se mettre au travail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-retrousser-ses-manches · retrousser ses manches · French
retrousser ses manches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 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 | retrousser ses manches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.tʁu.se se mɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
retrousser ses manches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.tʁu.se se mɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se mettre au travail.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for retrousser ses manches in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is retrousser ses manches, spelled R-E-T-R-O-U-S-S-E-R- -S-E-S- -M-A-N-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Se mettre au travail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how retrousser ses manches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ne veulent rien savoir. Ils se croient très forts parce qu’ils disposent de journaux, parce qu’ils ont une meute stipendiée. Ils vont la déchaîner contre moi. Tant pis. Je retrousse mes manches. Je me mets à la besogne.
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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.