comme un cheveu dans la soupe
\kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø dɑ̃ la sup\
The verdict
“comme un cheveu dans la soupe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inopportunément, absurdement, à l’improviste, au mauvais moment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comme un cheveu dans la soupe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø dɑ̃ la sup\ |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comme un cheveu dans la soupe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
comme un cheveu dans la soupe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø dɑ̃ la sup\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inopportunément, absurdement, à l’improviste, au mauvais moment.".
comme un cheveu dans la soupe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is comme un cheveu dans la soupe, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-H-E-V-E-U- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -S-O-U-P-E.
Definition
- 1Inopportunément, absurdement, à l’improviste, au mauvais moment.
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.
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Using “comme un cheveu dans la soupe”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-H-E-V-E-U- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -S-O-U-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø dɑ̃ la sup\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.