s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam

Name: s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\

/\s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\/ verb

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam” 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: 32
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.

Key facts for s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam
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)

Where “s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam” sits in French frequency

s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam is 32 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\. 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: "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

1
Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.

Synonyms

se soucier comme d’une guigne de s’en soucier comme de l’an quarante s’en soucier comme des neiges d’antan s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme

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 "s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam"?

"s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam" is 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. The IPA pronunciation is \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\.

What does "s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam" mean?

As a verb, "s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam" means: Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.

How do you pronounce "s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam" is \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam" come from?

"s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “s’en soucier comme des os d’Adam”

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

The one correct French spelling is 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 - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔm dɛ.z‿o d‿a.dɑ̃\ (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.