à coucou
\a ku.ku\
The verdict
“à coucou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans une position accroupie, les jambes totalement pliées, les genoux plus ou moins écartés et les pieds à plat sur le sol.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à coucou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a ku.ku\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à coucou” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à coucou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a ku.ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans une position accroupie, les jambes totalement pliées, les genoux plus ou moins écartés et les pieds à plat sur le sol.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à coucou, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à coucou, spelled À- -C-O-U-C-O-U.
Definition
- 1Dans une position accroupie, les jambes totalement pliées, les genoux plus ou moins écartés et les pieds à plat sur le sol.
Synonyms
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 “à coucou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -C-O-U-C-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a ku.ku\ (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.