tailler le bout de gras
\tɑ.je lə bu də ɡʁa\
The verdict
“tailler le bout de gras” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passer du temps en bavardages, en commérages, en caquets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tailler-le-bout-de-gras · tailler le bout de gras · French
tailler le bout de gras · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tailler le bout de gras |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɑ.je lə bu də ɡʁa\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tailler le bout de gras » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tailler le bout de gras is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tɑ.je lə bu də ɡʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Passer du temps en bavardages, en commérages, en caquets.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tailler le bout de gras in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tailler le bout de gras, spelled T-A-I-L-L-E-R- -L-E- -B-O-U-T- -D-E- -G-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Passer du temps en bavardages, en commérages, en caquets.
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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.