se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude

Name: se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude, French Word Data
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\sə fu.ʁe lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj ʒys.k‿o kud\

/\sə fu.ʁe lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj ʒys.k‿o kud\/ verb

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 45
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se tromper grossièrement.

Key facts for se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude
Property	Value
Headword	se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\sə fu.ʁe lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj ʒys.k‿o kud\
Letters	45
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude” sits in French frequency

se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude is 45 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə fu.ʁe lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj ʒys.k‿o kud\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se tromper grossièrement.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude, spelled S-E- -F-O-U-R-R-E-R- -L-E- -D-O-I-G-T- -D-A-N-S- -L-’-Œ-I-L- -J-U-S-Q-U-’-A-U- -C-O-U-D-E.

Definition

1
Se tromper grossièrement.

Synonyms

se planter se tromper

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 fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude"?

"se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude" is spelled S-E- -F-O-U-R-R-E-R- -L-E- -D-O-I-G-T- -D-A-N-S- -L-’-Œ-I-L- -J-U-S-Q-U-’-A-U- -C-O-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə fu.ʁe lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj ʒys.k‿o kud\.

What does "se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude" mean?

As a verb, "se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude" means: Se tromper grossièrement.

How do you pronounce "se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude" is \sə fu.ʁe lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj ʒys.k‿o kud\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude" come from?

"se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coude”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is S-E- -F-O-U-R-R-E-R- -L-E- -D-O-I-G-T- -D-A-N-S- -L-’-Œ-I-L- -J-U-S-Q-U-’-A-U- -C-O-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \sə fu.ʁe lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj ʒys.k‿o kud\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.