comme un couteau dans du beurre
\kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\
The verdict
“comme un couteau 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
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très facilement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comme un couteau dans du beurre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\ |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comme un couteau dans du beurre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for comme un couteau dans du beurre is 31 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.to 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.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for comme un couteau dans du beurre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 couteau dans du beurre, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -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 un couteau dans du beurre”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-A-N-S- -D-U- -B-E-U-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.