tomber dans les pommes
\tɔ̃.be dɑ̃ le pɔm\
The verdict
“tomber dans les pommes” 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
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’évanouir, perdre connaissance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tomber dans les pommes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɔ̃.be dɑ̃ le pɔm\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tomber dans les pommes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tomber dans les pommes is 22 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔ̃.be dɑ̃ le pɔm\. 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: "S’évanouir, perdre connaissance.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tomber dans les pommes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tomber dans les pommes, spelled T-O-M-B-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -P-O-M-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1S’évanouir, perdre connaissance.
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 “tomber dans les pommes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-M-B-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -P-O-M-M-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɔ̃.be dɑ̃ le pɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.