se sortir les doigts du cul

\sə sɔʁ.tiʁ lɛ dwa dy ky\

/\sə sɔʁ.tiʁ lɛ dwa dy ky\/ verb

The verdict

“se sortir les doigts du cul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arrêter de ne rien faire, se prendre en charge, arrêter d’hésiter et prendre une décision.

Key facts for se sortir les doigts du cul
PropertyValue
Headwordse sortir les doigts du cul
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə sɔʁ.tiʁ lɛ dwa dy ky\
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “se sortir les doigts du cul” sits in French frequency

se sortir les doigts du cul 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.

Rare enough to double-check

se sortir les doigts du cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə sɔʁ.tiʁ lɛ dwa dy ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arrêter de ne rien faire, se prendre en charge, arrêter d’hésiter et prendre une décision.".

se sortir les doigts du cul doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is se sortir les doigts du cul, spelled S-E- -S-O-R-T-I-R- -L-E-S- -D-O-I-G-T-S- -D-U- -C-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arrêter de ne rien faire, se prendre en charge, arrêter d’hésiter et prendre une décision.

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 sortir les doigts du cul"?
"se sortir les doigts du cul" is spelled S-E- -S-O-R-T-I-R- -L-E-S- -D-O-I-G-T-S- -D-U- -C-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is \sə sɔʁ.tiʁ lɛ dwa dy ky\.
What does "se sortir les doigts du cul" mean?
As a verb, "se sortir les doigts du cul" means: Arrêter de ne rien faire, se prendre en charge, arrêter d’hésiter et prendre une décision.
How do you pronounce "se sortir les doigts du cul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se sortir les doigts du cul" is \sə sɔʁ.tiʁ lɛ dwa dy ky\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "se sortir les doigts du cul" come from?
"se sortir les doigts du cul" 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 sortir les doigts du cul”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-E- -S-O-R-T-I-R- -L-E-S- -D-O-I-G-T-S- -D-U- -C-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sə sɔʁ.tiʁ lɛ dwa dy ky\ (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