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 September 3, 2026) - À chaque fois que des coups sont donnés // À chaque fois qu'on joue un coup (par exemple à un jeu de hasard).
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-tous-les-coups · à tous les coups · French
à tous les coups · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « à tous les coups » en français
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à tous les coups appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«À tous les coups l'on gagne.»
Celle-là, on me la fait à tous les coups. Mais les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures, n’est-ce pas ?
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.