se rompre la tête

verb

The verdict

“se rompre la tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’appliquer à quelque chose, avec une grande contention d’esprit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-se-rompre-la-tete · se rompre la tête · French

se rompre la tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for se rompre la tête
PropertyValue
Headwordse rompre la tête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « se rompre la tête » en français

se rompre la têtereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

se rompre la tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’appliquer à quelque chose, avec une grande contention d’esprit.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for se rompre la tête in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is se rompre la tête, spelled S-E- -R-O-M-P-R-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’appliquer à quelque chose, avec une grande contention d’esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how se rompre la tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il s’est longtemps rompu la tête pour trouver un expédient.

Synonyms

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 rompre la tête"?
"se rompre la tête" is spelled S-E- -R-O-M-P-R-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.
What does "se rompre la tête" mean?
As a verb, "se rompre la tête" means: S’appliquer à quelque chose, avec une grande contention d’esprit.
What language does "se rompre la tête" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list