se casser la tête
\sə ka.se la tɛt\
The verdict
“se casser la tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travailler très fort intellectuellement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-casser-la-tete · se casser la tête · French
se casser la tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ka.se la tɛt\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se casser la tête » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se casser la tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ka.se la tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se casser la tête, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is se casser la tête, spelled S-E- -C-A-S-S-E-R- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1Travailler très fort intellectuellement.
- 2Chercher mentalement à résoudre des problèmes difficiles, complexes ou futiles.
- 3Faire des efforts soutenus et complexes pour accomplir une tâche très difficile, impossible ou futile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se casser la tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fréquenta assidûment l’école et s’y cassa la tête, qu’il avait fort dure, pour y faire entrer un peu d’arithmétique et d’orthographe.
Il s’est longtemps cassé la tête pour trouver un expédient.
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.