sacrer une volée
\sa.kre.ʁ‿yn vɔ.le\
The verdict
“sacrer une volée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner une gifle, battre, passer à tabac.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sacrer-une-volee · sacrer une volée · French
sacrer une volée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | sacrer une volée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sa.kre.ʁ‿yn vɔ.le\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sacrer une volée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sacrer une volée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sa.kre.ʁ‿yn vɔ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sacrer une volée in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sacrer une volée, spelled S-A-C-R-E-R- -U-N-E- -V-O-L-É-E.
Definition
- 1Donner une gifle, battre, passer à tabac.
- 2Gagner de manière très nette, écraser, dans un jeu, un sport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sacrer une volée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il lui a sacré toute une volée.
Viens, on va leur sacrer une volée !
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.