se casser le bicycle
\sə kɑ.se lə bi.sikl\
The verdict
“se casser le bicycle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Se compliquer la vie, faire les choses difficilement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-casser-le-bicycle · se casser le bicycle · French
se casser le bicycle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 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 le bicycle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə kɑ.se lə bi.sikl\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se casser le bicycle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se casser le bicycle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə kɑ.se lə bi.sikl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se compliquer la vie, faire les choses difficilement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for se casser le bicycle, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se casser le bicycle, spelled S-E- -C-A-S-S-E-R- -L-E- -B-I-C-Y-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1Se compliquer la vie, faire les choses difficilement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se casser le bicycle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Ce que je voulais, c’était de montrer au monde, notamment à l’homme d’affaires 3.0 à casquette, comment cuisiner sans se casser le bicycle », a ajouté le chef. « Le tout sans casser, non plus, son porte-feuille. »
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.