casse-cœur
\kas.kœʁ\
The verdict
“casse-cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séducteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-casse-c-ur · casse-cœur · French
casse-cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | casse-cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kas.kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
casse-cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kas.kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Séducteur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for casse-cœur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is casse-cœur, spelled C-A-S-S-E---C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Séducteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how casse-cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ta, ta, ta ! vous allez me parler de ce petit casse-cœur de Savinien ? Parbleu ! vous achèterez bien cher son nom, ses petites moustaches relevées comme deux crocs, et ses cheveux noirs. Encore un joli cadet !
This word in other languages
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.