avoir le cuir épais

\a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\

/\a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“avoir le cuir épais” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être particulièrement insensible.

Key facts for avoir le cuir épais
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir le cuir épais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir le cuir épais” sits in French frequency

avoir le cuir épais falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avoir le cuir épais is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Être particulièrement insensible.".

No misspelling variants are generated for avoir le cuir épais in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avoir le cuir épais, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -É-P-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être particulièrement insensible.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avoir le cuir épais"?
"avoir le cuir épais" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -É-P-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\.
What does "avoir le cuir épais" mean?
As a verb, "avoir le cuir épais" means: Être particulièrement insensible.
How do you pronounce "avoir le cuir épais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir le cuir épais" is \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir le cuir épais" come from?
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Using “avoir le cuir épais”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -É-P-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list