s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme
\s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ pwa.sɔ̃ d‿yn pɔm\
The verdict
“s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 41
- 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-un-po · s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme · French
s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 41 letters
- VOW-15 15 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 un poisson d’une pomme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ pwa.sɔ̃ d‿yn pɔm\ |
| Letters | 41 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃ su.sje kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ pwa.sɔ̃ d‿yn pɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.".
s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme, spelled S-’-E-N- -S-O-U-C-I-E-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -P-O-I-S-S-O-N- -D-’-U-N-E- -P-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Ne pas attacher d’importance à quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how s’en soucier comme un poisson d’une pomme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entendre du Wagner pendant quinze jours avec elle qui s’en soucie comme un poisson d’une pomme, ce serait gai ! »
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.