comme dans du beurre
\kɔm dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\
The verdict
“comme dans du beurre” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très facilement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comme dans du beurre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kɔm dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comme dans du beurre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for comme dans du beurre is 20 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔm dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\. 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: "Très facilement.".
Zero misspellings are on record for comme dans du beurre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is comme dans du beurre, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -D-A-N-S- -D-U- -B-E-U-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Très facilement.
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 dans du beurre”
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-N-S- -D-U- -B-E-U-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔm dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\ (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.