tailler le bout de gras
\tɑ.je lə bu də ɡʁa\
The verdict
“tailler le bout de gras” 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
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Passer du temps en bavardages, en commérages, en caquets.
| 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) |
Where “tailler le bout de gras” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tailler le bout de gras is 23 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɑ.je lə bu də ɡʁa\. 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: "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.
This word in other languages
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 “tailler le bout de gras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-I-L-L-E-R- -L-E- -B-O-U-T- -D-E- -G-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɑ.je lə bu də ɡʁa\ (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.