avoir le cuir solide

\a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ sɔ.lid\

/\a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ sɔ.lid\/ verb

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The verdict

“avoir le cuir solide” 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
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être résistant, dur au mal.

Key facts for avoir le cuir solide
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir le cuir solide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ sɔ.lid\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir le cuir solide” sits in French frequency

avoir le cuir solide 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 solide is 20 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ sɔ.lid\. 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 résistant, dur au mal.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avoir le cuir solide, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avoir le cuir solide, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -S-O-L-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être résistant, dur au mal.

This word in other languages

tough(English)

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 solide"?
"avoir le cuir solide" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -S-O-L-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ sɔ.lid\.
What does "avoir le cuir solide" mean?
As a verb, "avoir le cuir solide" means: Être résistant, dur au mal.
How do you pronounce "avoir le cuir solide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir le cuir solide" is \a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ sɔ.lid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir le cuir solide" come from?
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Using “avoir le cuir solide”

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- -S-O-L-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ sɔ.lid\ (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.

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

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