tonnerre mes chiens
The verdict
“tonnerre mes chiens” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Exclamation qui exprime l’impatience, le dépit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tonnerre-mes-chiens · tonnerre mes chiens · French
tonnerre mes chiens · 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 | tonnerre mes chiens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tonnerre mes chiens » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tonnerre mes chiens is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exclamation qui exprime l’impatience, le dépit.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tonnerre mes chiens, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tonnerre mes chiens, spelled T-O-N-N-E-R-R-E- -M-E-S- -C-H-I-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Exclamation qui exprime l’impatience, le dépit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tonnerre mes chiens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Tonnerre mes chiens ! » est une sorte d’équivalent du « maudit ! » québécois, ou du « zut ! » français.
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.