se taper des barres
\sə ta.pe de bar\
The verdict
“se taper des barres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rire de bon cœur ; être pris de fou rire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-taper-des-barres · se taper des barres · French
se taper des barres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se taper des barres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ta.pe de bar\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se taper des barres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se taper des barres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ta.pe de bar\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rire de bon cœur ; être pris de fou rire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se taper des barres, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se taper des barres, spelled S-E- -T-A-P-E-R- -D-E-S- -B-A-R-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Rire de bon cœur ; être pris de fou rire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se taper des barres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On passait des journées entières à se taper des barres, à rire devant des émissions débiles.
Avec mes frère et sœurs, on dormait tous dans la même chambre et le soir, au lieu de se coucher, on se tapait des barres, impossible de dormir, jusqu'à ce qu'on entende le bruit des pas de mon père dans l'escalier.
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.