sage comme une image
\saʒ kɔ.m‿y.n‿i.maʒ\
The verdict
“sage comme une image” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas turbulent, qui est très docile et obéissant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sage-comme-une-image · sage comme une image · French
sage comme une image · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | sage comme une image |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \saʒ kɔ.m‿y.n‿i.maʒ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sage comme une image » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sage comme une image is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \saʒ kɔ.m‿y.n‿i.maʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas turbulent, qui est très docile et obéissant.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sage comme une image, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sage comme une image, spelled S-A-G-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -I-M-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas turbulent, qui est très docile et obéissant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sage comme une image appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Voyez comme il est sage, murmura la pauvre bonne femme. — Comme une image…
Ici, pas question de faire du bruit parce qu’on devait se faire discret, du coup on restait sage comme des images et côté conversation, Robert n’était pas le meilleur interlocuteur.
This word in other languages
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.