sacrer son camp
\sa.kʁe sɔ̃ kɑ̃\
The verdict
“sacrer son 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’en aller, généralement d’un endroit que l’on n’aime pas ou qui nous ennuie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sacrer-son-camp · sacrer son camp · French
sacrer son camp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 son camp |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sa.kʁe sɔ̃ kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sacrer son camp » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sacrer son camp is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sa.kʁe sɔ̃ kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’en aller, généralement d’un endroit que l’on n’aime pas ou qui nous ennuie.".
sacrer son camp doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sacrer son camp, spelled S-A-C-R-E-R- -S-O-N- -C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1S’en aller, généralement d’un endroit que l’on n’aime pas ou qui nous ennuie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sacrer son camp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… elle nous a dit que même si c'est exaltant d'aider un géant à décoloniser le Québec, ce n'est pas une vie ; que si elle n'était pas obligée de le faire elle sacrerait son camp.
Je m’impatientais ; qu'est-ce que je foutais là, à perdre mon temps dans le but de plaire à une vieille fille qui faisait la baboune ? C'était ridicule à la fin... J'ai sacré mon camp.
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.