se casser le cul

\sə ka.se lə ky\

/\sə ka.se lə ky\/ verb

The verdict

“se casser le cul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se donner beaucoup de peine ; faire de gros efforts.

Corpus desk

Index FR-se-casser-le-cul · se casser le cul · French

se casser le cul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for se casser le cul
PropertyValue
Headwordse casser le cul
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə ka.se lə ky\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « se casser le cul » en français

se casser le culreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

se casser le cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ka.se lə ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se donner beaucoup de peine ; faire de gros efforts.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se casser le cul, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is se casser le cul, spelled S-E- -C-A-S-S-E-R- -L-E- -C-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se donner beaucoup de peine ; faire de gros efforts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how se casser le cul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Entre le type qui se casse le cul et vend trois balles son kilo de tomates, pauvre cageot, et le clampin qui achète quinze balles chez le Champion du coin son kilo de matichas, il y a un mec, un intermédiaire, qui se fait 3x4 = 12, douze balles, grosso, sans se casser le tronc.
  2. Tout ça, tout ce livre, c'est de la pleurnicherie. Trois ans que je me casse le cul à parler de mes parents, et pour quel résultat ? Un gros tas fumant de pleurnicherie.

Synonyms

se casser le bolse casser la nénettese casser le baigneurse casser le trainse casser la paillassese casser le troncse crever le bédéletse casser le maffrese fendre le cul en quatrese décarcasser

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "se casser le cul"?
"se casser le cul" is spelled S-E- -C-A-S-S-E-R- -L-E- -C-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is \sə ka.se lə ky\.
What does "se casser le cul" mean?
As a verb, "se casser le cul" means: Se donner beaucoup de peine ; faire de gros efforts.
How do you pronounce "se casser le cul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se casser le cul" is \sə ka.se lə ky\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "se casser le cul" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list