se creuser les méninges
\sə kʁø.ze le me.nɛ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“se creuser les méninges” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réfléchir intensément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-creuser-les-meninges · se creuser les méninges · French
se creuser les méninges · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 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 | se creuser les méninges |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə kʁø.ze le me.nɛ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se creuser les méninges » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se creuser les méninges is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə kʁø.ze le me.nɛ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réfléchir intensément.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se creuser les méninges, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 creuser les méninges, spelled S-E- -C-R-E-U-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-É-N-I-N-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Réfléchir intensément.
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.