se perdre les oies
\sə pɛʁdʁ le.z‿wa\
The verdict
“se perdre les oies” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir fou ; perdre ses facultés mentales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-perdre-les-oies · se perdre les oies · French
se perdre les oies · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 perdre les oies |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə pɛʁdʁ le.z‿wa\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
se perdre les oies is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə pɛʁdʁ le.z‿wa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Devenir fou ; perdre ses facultés mentales.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se perdre les oies, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is se perdre les oies, spelled S-E- -P-E-R-D-R-E- -L-E-S- -O-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Devenir fou ; perdre ses facultés mentales.
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.