rire à se tenir les côtes
\ʁi.ʁ‿a sə tə.niʁ le kot\
The verdict
“rire à se tenir les côtes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rire démesurément.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rire à se tenir les côtes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁi.ʁ‿a sə tə.niʁ le kot\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rire à se tenir les côtes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rire à se tenir les côtes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁi.ʁ‿a sə tə.niʁ le kot\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rire démesurément.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rire à se tenir les côtes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 rire à se tenir les côtes, spelled R-I-R-E- -À- -S-E- -T-E-N-I-R- -L-E-S- -C-Ô-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Rire démesurément.
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.
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Using “rire à se tenir les côtes”
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- The one correct French spelling is R-I-R-E- -À- -S-E- -T-E-N-I-R- -L-E-S- -C-Ô-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁi.ʁ‿a sə tə.niʁ le kot\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.