s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam
\s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 32
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-en-soucier-comme-des-o · s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam · French
s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 32 letters
- VOW-11 11 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 32 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.".
Zero misspellings are on record for s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam, spelled S-’-E-N- -S-O-U-C-I-E-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -D-E-S- -O-S- -D-’-A-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand un voyageur me parle du débouquement de je ne sais quelles îles, des moussons, des courants, du nombre de brasses trouvées à tel endroit dont je me soucie comme des os d’Adam, des écueils, des minutes, du loch, des hautes et basses bonnettes, de la drôme, du déralinguage, du dérapage, de l’état du ciel, etc., des fleurs, des plantes en ia, appartenan…
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