avoir une chance de cocu
\a.vwaʁ yn ʃɑ̃s də kɔ.ky\
The verdict
“avoir une chance de cocu” 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
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avoir une chance de cocu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ yn ʃɑ̃s də kɔ.ky\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avoir une chance de cocu” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for avoir une chance de cocu is 24 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ yn ʃɑ̃s də kɔ.ky\. 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: "Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avoir une chance de cocu, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is avoir une chance de cocu, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -U-N-E- -C-H-A-N-C-E- -D-E- -C-O-C-U.
Definition
- 1Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.
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.
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Using “avoir une chance de cocu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -U-N-E- -C-H-A-N-C-E- -D-E- -C-O-C-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.vwaʁ yn ʃɑ̃s də kɔ.ky\ (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.