semer la pagaille
\sə.me la pa.ɡaj\
The verdict
“semer la pagaille” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Provoquer le désordre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semer la pagaille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə.me la pa.ɡaj\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “semer la pagaille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for semer la pagaille is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə.me la pa.ɡaj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Provoquer le désordre.".
semer la pagaille doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is semer la pagaille, spelled S-E-M-E-R- -L-A- -P-A-G-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Provoquer le désordre.
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.
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Using “semer la pagaille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-M-E-R- -L-A- -P-A-G-A-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə.me la pa.ɡaj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.