se la tailler en biseau
\sə la ta.je ɑ̃ bi.zo\
The verdict
“se la tailler en biseau” 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) - Se faire congédier vertement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-la-tailler-en-biseau · se la tailler en biseau · French
se la tailler en biseau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 la tailler en biseau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə la ta.je ɑ̃ bi.zo\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se la tailler en biseau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se la tailler en biseau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə la ta.je ɑ̃ bi.zo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se faire congédier vertement.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se la tailler en biseau, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 la tailler en biseau, spelled S-E- -L-A- -T-A-I-L-L-E-R- -E-N- -B-I-S-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Se faire congédier vertement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se la tailler en biseau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Donc je peux ravaler mes avertissements, et laisser Kévin et consorts continuer à pourrir les classes, à ne rien foutre, et à entendre les parents geindre qu'ils ne savaient pas ce qui se passait et nous tomber dessus à bras raccourcis dans quelques mois quand on leur dira que l'orientation de leur môme, ils peuvent se la tailler en biseau et se la carrer…
Personnellement, la condition paysanne, j'me la taille en biseau, ’voyez…
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.