six feet under
\sɪks fit ˈʌn.dɚ\
The verdict
“six feet under” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Six pieds sous terre. Mort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-six-feet-under · six feet under · French
six feet under · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | six feet under |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɪks fit ˈʌn.dɚ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « six feet under » en français
Rare enough to double-check
six feet under is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɪks fit ˈʌn.dɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Six pieds sous terre. Mort.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for six feet under, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is six feet under, spelled S-I-X- -F-E-E-T- -U-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Six pieds sous terre. Mort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how six feet under appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some now make six figures—and others are six feet under. I wanted to understand these divergences.
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.