avoir le cul bordé de médailles

\a.vwaʁ lə ky bɔʁ.de də me.daj\

/\a.vwaʁ lə ky bɔʁ.de də me.daj\/ verb

The verdict

“avoir le cul bordé de médailles” 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
31
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir beaucoup de chance.

Key facts for avoir le cul bordé de médailles
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir le cul bordé de médailles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ lə ky bɔʁ.de də me.daj\
Letters31
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir le cul bordé de médailles” sits in French frequency

avoir le cul bordé de médailles 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 cul bordé de médailles is 31 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ lə ky bɔʁ.de də me.daj\. 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: "Avoir beaucoup de chance.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for avoir le cul bordé de médailles, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avoir le cul bordé de médailles, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-L- -B-O-R-D-É- -D-E- -M-É-D-A-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir beaucoup de chance.

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 cul bordé de médailles"?
"avoir le cul bordé de médailles" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-L- -B-O-R-D-É- -D-E- -M-É-D-A-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ lə ky bɔʁ.de də me.daj\.
What does "avoir le cul bordé de médailles" mean?
As a verb, "avoir le cul bordé de médailles" means: Avoir beaucoup de chance.
How do you pronounce "avoir le cul bordé de médailles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir le cul bordé de médailles" is \a.vwaʁ lə ky bɔʁ.de də me.daj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir le cul bordé de médailles" come from?
"avoir le cul bordé de médailles" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “avoir le cul bordé de médailles”

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-L- -B-O-R-D-É- -D-E- -M-É-D-A-I-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vwaʁ lə ky bɔʁ.de də me.daj\ (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