traiter par dessus la jambe
\tʁɛ.te paʁ də.su la ʒɑ̃b\
The verdict
“traiter par dessus la jambe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 27
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de traiter par dessous la jambe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-traiter-par-dessus-la-ja · traiter par dessus la jambe · French
traiter par dessus la jambe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 27 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | traiter par dessus la jambe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tʁɛ.te paʁ də.su la ʒɑ̃b\ |
| Letters | 27 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
traiter par dessus la jambe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁɛ.te paʁ də.su la ʒɑ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for traiter par dessus la jambe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is traiter par dessus la jambe, spelled T-R-A-I-T-E-R- -P-A-R- -D-E-S-S-U-S- -L-A- -J-A-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de traiter par dessous la jambe.
- 2Prendre avec désinvolture.
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.