avoir les côtes en long
\a.vwaʁ lɛ kɔ.t‿ɑ̃ lɔ̃\
The verdict
“avoir les côtes en long” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être très paresseux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-les-cotes-en-long · avoir les côtes en long · French
avoir les côtes en long · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 les côtes en long |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ lɛ kɔ.t‿ɑ̃ lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir les côtes en long » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir les côtes en long is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ lɛ kɔ.t‿ɑ̃ lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être très paresseux.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avoir les côtes en long, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 les côtes en long, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E-S- -C-Ô-T-E-S- -E-N- -L-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Être très paresseux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avoir les côtes en long appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y’a plus qu’à se reposer dans ce bateau à vent sans voiles. L’inventeur doit être un lascar qui a rudement les côtes en long.
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.