s’en tirer à bon compte
\s‿ɑ̃ ti.ʁe a bɔ̃ kɔ̃t\
The verdict
“s’en tirer à bon compte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se sortir d’une situation délicate sans trop de dommages.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-en-tirer-a-bon-compte · s’en tirer à bon compte · French
s’en tirer à bon compte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 tirer à bon compte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃ ti.ʁe a bɔ̃ kɔ̃t\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’en tirer à bon compte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃ ti.ʁe a bɔ̃ kɔ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se sortir d’une situation délicate sans trop de dommages.".
No misspelling variants are generated for s’en tirer à bon compte in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is s’en tirer à bon compte, spelled S-’-E-N- -T-I-R-E-R- -À- -B-O-N- -C-O-M-P-T-E.
Definition
- 1Se sortir d’une situation délicate sans trop de dommages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how s’en tirer à bon compte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les deux fois, elle a réussi à s’en tirer à bon compte. Autrement, son casier est vierge.
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.