comme cul et chemise

\kɔm ky e ʃə.miz\

/\kɔm ky e ʃə.miz\/ adj

The verdict

“comme cul et chemise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intimement liées, inséparables, en parlant de personnes.

Key facts for comme cul et chemise
PropertyValue
Headwordcomme cul et chemise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔm ky e ʃə.miz\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “comme cul et chemise” sits in French frequency

comme cul et chemise 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.

Rare enough to double-check

comme cul et chemise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔm ky e ʃə.miz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intimement liées, inséparables, en parlant de personnes.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for comme cul et chemise, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is comme cul et chemise, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -C-U-L- -E-T- -C-H-E-M-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intimement liées, inséparables, en parlant de personnes.

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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 "comme cul et chemise"?
"comme cul et chemise" is spelled C-O-M-M-E- -C-U-L- -E-T- -C-H-E-M-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔm ky e ʃə.miz\.
What does "comme cul et chemise" mean?
As an adjective, "comme cul et chemise" means: Intimement liées, inséparables, en parlant de personnes.
How do you pronounce "comme cul et chemise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comme cul et chemise" is \kɔm ky e ʃə.miz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comme cul et chemise" come from?
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Using “comme cul et chemise”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-E- -C-U-L- -E-T- -C-H-E-M-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔm ky e ʃə.miz\ (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