saoul comme un cochon
The verdict
“saoul comme un cochon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ivre à se traîner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saoul-comme-un-cochon · saoul comme un cochon · French
saoul comme un cochon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | saoul comme un cochon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « saoul comme un cochon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
saoul comme un cochon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ivre à se traîner.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for saoul comme un cochon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is saoul comme un cochon, spelled S-A-O-U-L- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-O-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ivre à se traîner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saoul comme un cochon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon grand-père appréciait Verlaine dont il possédait un choix de poèmes. Mais il croyait l’avoir vu, en 1894, entrer « saoul comme un cochon » dans un mastroquet de la rue Saint-Jacques ; cette rencontre l’avait ancré dans le mépris des écrivains professionnels, thaumaturges dérisoires qui demandent un louis d’or pour faire voir la lune et finissent par m…
Ne l'écoutez pas, Monsieur l'officier, il est saoul comme un cochon. (Fernand Reynaud, Le Motard)
This word in other languages
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