à tous les coups
\a tu lɛ ku\
The verdict
“à tous les coups” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À chaque fois que des coups sont donnés // À chaque fois qu'on joue un coup (par exemple à un jeu de hasard).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à tous les coups |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a tu lɛ ku\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à tous les coups” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à tous les coups is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a tu lɛ ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à tous les coups, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à tous les coups, spelled À- -T-O-U-S- -L-E-S- -C-O-U-P-S.
Definition
- 1À chaque fois que des coups sont donnés // À chaque fois qu'on joue un coup (par exemple à un jeu de hasard).
- 2Systématiquement, à chaque fois.
- 3Certainement.
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 “à tous les coups”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -T-O-U-S- -L-E-S- -C-O-U-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a tu lɛ 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.