avoir coutume
The verdict
“avoir coutume” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire habituellement ; être habitué à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-coutume · avoir coutume · French
avoir coutume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | avoir coutume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir coutume » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir coutume is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire habituellement ; être habitué à.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for avoir coutume in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is avoir coutume, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -C-O-U-T-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Faire habituellement ; être habitué à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir coutume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Assurément, les fraudeurs ne comptaient pas y entreposer leurs ballots de marchandises prohibées. Les fraudeurs n’ont pas coutume d'emmener leurs femmes dans leurs expéditions.
Les pieds-paquets sont une des gloires de la cuisine marseillaise. Ils ont fait la renommée gastronomique du village de La Pomme, situé dans la proche banlieue de Marseille, où on avait coutume d'aller les manger.
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.