comme d’accoutume
\kɔm d‿a.ku.tym\
The verdict
“comme d’accoutume” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Comme d'habitude ; comme toujours.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comme d’accoutume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kɔm d‿a.ku.tym\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comme d’accoutume” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for comme d’accoutume is 17 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔm d‿a.ku.tym\. 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: "Comme d'habitude ; comme toujours.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for comme d’accoutume in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is comme d’accoutume, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -D-’-A-C-C-O-U-T-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Comme d'habitude ; comme toujours.
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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.
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Using “comme d’accoutume”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-E- -D-’-A-C-C-O-U-T-U-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔm d‿a.ku.tym\ (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.