sacrer le camp
\sa.kʁe l(ə) kɑ̃\
The verdict
“sacrer le camp” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sacrer son camp, foutre le camp.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sacrer-le-camp · sacrer le camp · French
sacrer le camp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | sacrer le camp |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sa.kʁe l(ə) kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sacrer le camp » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sacrer le camp is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sa.kʁe l(ə) kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sacrer le camp doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sacrer le camp, spelled S-A-C-R-E-R- -L-E- -C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1Sacrer son camp, foutre le camp.
- 2Tomber.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sacrer le camp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça fait trois ans que j'essaie de convaincre ma blonde de sacrer le camp du Québec.
Le fermier Jean est tout découragé, sa femme a sacré le camp le mois passé.
Synonyms
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.