comme un cheveu sur la soupe

Name: comme un cheveu sur la soupe, French Word Data
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\kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la sup\

/\kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la sup\/ adv

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

The verdict

“comme un cheveu sur 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: 28
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inopportunément, absurdement, à l’improviste, au mauvais moment.

Key facts for comme un cheveu sur la soupe
Property	Value
Headword	comme un cheveu sur la soupe
Language	French
Part of speech	Adverb
IPA	\kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la sup\
Letters	28
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “comme un cheveu sur la soupe” sits in French frequency

comme un cheveu sur la soupe 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 un cheveu sur la soupe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la sup\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inopportunément, absurdement, à l’improviste, au mauvais moment.".

comme un cheveu sur la soupe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is comme un cheveu sur la soupe, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-H-E-V-E-U- -S-U-R- -L-A- -S-O-U-P-E.

Definition

1
Inopportunément, absurdement, à l’improviste, au mauvais moment.

Synonyms

comme un cheveu dans la soupe comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles

This word in other languages

out of the blue(English)

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 un cheveu sur la soupe"?

"comme un cheveu sur la soupe" is spelled C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-H-E-V-E-U- -S-U-R- -L-A- -S-O-U-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la sup\.

What does "comme un cheveu sur la soupe" mean?

As an adverb, "comme un cheveu sur la soupe" means: Inopportunément, absurdement, à l’improviste, au mauvais moment.

How do you pronounce "comme un cheveu sur la soupe"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comme un cheveu sur la soupe" is \kɔ.m‿ɛ̃ ʃə.vø syʁ la sup\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "comme un cheveu sur la soupe" come from?

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Using “comme un cheveu sur la soupe”

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

The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-H-E-V-E-U- -S-U-R- -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 syʁ la sup\ (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.