sortir du placard
\sɔʁ.tiʁ dy pla.kaʁ\
The verdict
“sortir du placard” 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) - Annoncer publiquement son orientation sexuelle (homosexualité, bisexualité, asexualité etc.), sa transidentité et/ou sa non-binarité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sortir-du-placard · sortir du placard · French
sortir du placard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 | sortir du placard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sɔʁ.tiʁ dy pla.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sortir du placard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sortir du placard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sɔʁ.tiʁ dy pla.kaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sortir du placard in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sortir du placard, spelled S-O-R-T-I-R- -D-U- -P-L-A-C-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Annoncer publiquement son orientation sexuelle (homosexualité, bisexualité, asexualité etc.), sa transidentité et/ou sa non-binarité.
- 2Annoncer, déclarer une pensée, un fait jusque là gardé secret, in petto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sortir du placard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon copain Benjamin est récemment sorti du placard en me présentant son petit ami
François Legault n’est pas un fédéraliste converti, mais un souverainiste refoulé. Qu’il ne se gêne pas pour sortir du placard, il pourrait changer le cours de l’Histoire.
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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.