se casser la figure
\sə ka.se la fi.ɡyʁ\
The verdict
“se casser la figure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomber par terre, choir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-casser-la-figure · se casser la figure · French
se casser la figure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 | se casser la figure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ka.se la fi.ɡyʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se casser la figure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se casser la figure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ka.se la fi.ɡyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se casser la figure, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 se casser la figure, spelled S-E- -C-A-S-S-E-R- -L-A- -F-I-G-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Tomber par terre, choir.
- 2Avoir un accident.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se casser la figure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a raison, c’est publicitaire, son truc : regarde en bas, la foule qui attend de voir s’il va se casser la figure…
– Je ne tiens pas à me casser la figure pour gagner quelques minutes.
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.