comme sur des roulettes

Name: comme sur des roulettes, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\kɔm syʁ de ʁu.lɛt\

/\kɔm syʁ de ʁu.lɛt\/ adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“comme sur des roulettes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parfaitement bien, en parlant du déroulement de quelque chose.

Key facts for comme sur des roulettes
Property	Value
Headword	comme sur des roulettes
Language	French
Part of speech	Adverb
IPA	\kɔm syʁ de ʁu.lɛt\
Letters	23
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “comme sur des roulettes” sits in French frequency

comme sur des roulettes 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 sur des roulettes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kɔm syʁ de ʁu.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parfaitement bien, en parlant du déroulement de quelque chose.".

No misspelling variants are generated for comme sur des roulettes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is comme sur des roulettes, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -S-U-R- -D-E-S- -R-O-U-L-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

1
Parfaitement bien, en parlant du déroulement de quelque chose.

Synonyms

c’est du billard

This word in other languages

reibungslos(Deutsch)

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 sur des roulettes"?

"comme sur des roulettes" is spelled C-O-M-M-E- -S-U-R- -D-E-S- -R-O-U-L-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔm syʁ de ʁu.lɛt\.

What does "comme sur des roulettes" mean?

As an adverb, "comme sur des roulettes" means: Parfaitement bien, en parlant du déroulement de quelque chose.

How do you pronounce "comme sur des roulettes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comme sur des roulettes" is \kɔm syʁ de ʁu.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

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Using “comme sur des roulettes”

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

The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-E- -S-U-R- -D-E-S- -R-O-U-L-E-T-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \kɔm syʁ de ʁu.lɛt\ (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.