se foutre au jus

\sə fut.ʁ‿o ʒy\

/\sə fut.ʁ‿o ʒy\/ verb

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The verdict

“se foutre au jus” 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
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se jeter à l’eau.

Key facts for se foutre au jus
PropertyValue
Headwordse foutre au jus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə fut.ʁ‿o ʒy\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “se foutre au jus” sits in French frequency

se foutre au jus 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 foutre au jus is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə fut.ʁ‿o ʒy\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for se foutre au jus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se foutre au jus, spelled S-E- -F-O-U-T-R-E- -A-U- -J-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se jeter à l’eau.
  2. 2
    Décider de se lancer dans un projet.

Synonyms

se mettre à l’eause ficher à l’eause jeter à l’eau

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 foutre au jus"?
"se foutre au jus" is spelled S-E- -F-O-U-T-R-E- -A-U- -J-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sə fut.ʁ‿o ʒy\.
What does "se foutre au jus" mean?
As a verb, "se foutre au jus" means: Se jeter à l’eau.
How do you pronounce "se foutre au jus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se foutre au jus" is \sə fut.ʁ‿o ʒy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "se foutre au jus" come from?
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Using “se foutre au jus”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-E- -F-O-U-T-R-E- -A-U- -J-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sə fut.ʁ‿o ʒy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list