sacrebleu

\sa.kʁə.blø\

/\sa.kʁə.blø\/ intj

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The verdict

“sacrebleu” is uncommon French (frequency #61,874 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,874
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juron familier marquant l’admiration, la colère ou l’étonnement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sacrebleu · sacrebleu · French

sacrebleu · rank #61,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,874
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réunisse

Nearest frequency peer: réunisse (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sacrebleu »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sacrebleu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sacrebleu
PropertyValue
Headwordsacrebleu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\sa.kʁə.blø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sacrebleu » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sacrebleutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « réunisse » (#61,873), « saindoux » (#61,875), « rétros » (#61,872). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sacrebleu » est au #61,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacrebleu is uncommon French at frequency #61,874 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \sa.kʁə.blø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juron familier marquant l’admiration, la colère ou l’étonnement.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sacrebleu, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 sacrebleu, spelled S-A-C-R-E-B-L-E-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juron familier marquant l’admiration, la colère ou l’étonnement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sacrebleu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Manicamp, éclatant. – Mais écoutez-moi donc, sacrebleu ! je vous prêche la patience, la modération, mille tonnerres ! et vous ne m’écoutez pas, ventrebleu !
  2. — Pour dire, il faut savoir. — Pour savoir, il faut réfléchir, et tu ne m’en laisses pas le temps ! Sacrebleu ! un peu de silence… et puis, que Léonard lâche la crosse de son revolver : ça me dérange.

Synonyms

bon sang de boisbon sangbon sang de bonsoirboudiouboudichiottecornegidouillecrévindieucrévindioucrottecrotte de biquediantrefant de putefichtreflûtefoutrela barbemerdammerdemincemince de bâton de zanmordiousoh fantpunaisepuréeputainrogntudjusacreblottesacredieusacrediésacrelotesacrelottesaperlipopettesaperlottesaprelottesapristisaquerlotteshittonnerreventre-saint-grisvérolevindiouvingt dieuxzut

This word in other languages

oh my gosh(English)recórcholis(Español)Donnerwetter(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacrebleu"?
"sacrebleu" is spelled S-A-C-R-E-B-L-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.kʁə.blø\.
What does "sacrebleu" mean?
As an interjection, "sacrebleu" means: Juron familier marquant l’admiration, la colère ou l’étonnement.
How do you pronounce "sacrebleu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacrebleu" is \sa.kʁə.blø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacrebleu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sacrebleu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

résolvant#61,870réglables#61,866Schilling#61,882régaliens#61,865

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list