tomber sous le sens
\tɔ̃.be su lə sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“tomber sous le sens” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être absolument évident.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tomber-sous-le-sens · tomber sous le sens · French
tomber sous le sens · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | tomber sous le sens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɔ̃.be su lə sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tomber sous le sens » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tomber sous le sens is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tɔ̃.be su lə sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être absolument évident.".
tomber sous le sens has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tomber sous le sens, spelled T-O-M-B-E-R- -S-O-U-S- -L-E- -S-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Être absolument évident.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tomber sous le sens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est « malpropre, gras, vulgaire », et si zélé à remplir ses fonctions qu’il se targue d’avoir dormi quatre jours vêtu et botté, ce qui ne tombe que trop sous les sens.
« Il tombe sous le sens que le mot dont il s’agit n’est pas dans le Littré, mais comment vérifier ? »
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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.