s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles
\s‿e.ɡa.ʁe dɑ̃ de pwɛ̃t d‿ɛ.ɡɥij\
The verdict
“s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 37
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se perdre dans les détails, couper les cheveux en quatre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.ɡa.ʁe dɑ̃ de pwɛ̃t d‿ɛ.ɡɥij\ |
| Letters | 37 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles is 37 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \s‿e.ɡa.ʁe dɑ̃ de pwɛ̃t d‿ɛ.ɡɥij\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se perdre dans les détails, couper les cheveux en quatre.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles, spelled S-’-É-G-A-R-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -D-E-S- -P-O-I-N-T-E-S- -D-’-A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Se perdre dans les détails, couper les cheveux en quatre.
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 “s’égarer dans des pointes d’aiguilles”
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- The one correct French spelling is S-’-É-G-A-R-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -D-E-S- -P-O-I-N-T-E-S- -D-’-A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \s‿e.ɡa.ʁe dɑ̃ de pwɛ̃t d‿ɛ.ɡɥij\ (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.