au premier coup d’œil
The verdict
“au premier coup d’œil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au premier aspect ; à la première inspection ; au premier examen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-premier-coup-d-il · au premier coup d’œil · French
au premier coup d’œil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | au premier coup d’œil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
au premier coup d’œil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au premier aspect ; à la première inspection ; au premier examen.".
Zero misspellings are on record for au premier coup d’œil in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is au premier coup d’œil, spelled A-U- -P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -C-O-U-P- -D-’-Œ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Au premier aspect ; à la première inspection ; au premier examen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au premier coup d’œil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La plante de nos forêts diffère assurément au premier coup d’œil de l’espèce de Villar, par ses feuilles moins panduriformes, plus larges, un peu plus espacées sur la tige, par sa taille plus élevée, son corymbe moins allongé et surtout moins étalé.
L’on reconnaissait au premier coup d’œil que les Indiens avaient passé par là, avec leur rage sanguinaire et leur haine invétérée contre les Blancs.
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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.