tirer le pissenlit par la racine
\ti.ʁe lə pi.sɑ̃.li paʁ la ʁa.sin\
The verdict
“tirer le pissenlit par la racine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 32
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être mort et enterré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tirer-le-pissenlit-par-l · tirer le pissenlit par la racine · French
tirer le pissenlit par la racine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 32 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 | tirer le pissenlit par la racine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ti.ʁe lə pi.sɑ̃.li paʁ la ʁa.sin\ |
| Letters | 32 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tirer le pissenlit par la racine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tirer le pissenlit par la racine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.ʁe lə pi.sɑ̃.li paʁ la ʁa.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être mort et enterré.".
tirer le pissenlit par la racine has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tirer le pissenlit par la racine, spelled T-I-R-E-R- -L-E- -P-I-S-S-E-N-L-I-T- -P-A-R- -L-A- -R-A-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Être mort et enterré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tirer le pissenlit par la racine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Dans notre métier, disait-il de sa voix rauque et désagréable, on est usé à quarante ans ; rares sont ceux qui vivent jusqu’à cinquante. Pour mon compte, je ne tarderai pas d’aller tirer le pissenlit par la racine.
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.