comme un couteau dans du beurre
\kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\
The verdict
“comme un couteau dans du beurre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très facilement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comme-un-couteau-dans-du · comme un couteau dans du beurre · French
comme un couteau dans du beurre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 31 letters
- VOW-13 13 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
comme un couteau dans du beurre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ dy bœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comme un couteau dans du beurre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils entrent dans la montagne comme un couteau dans du beurre, et cette aisance infaillible finit par être terriblement monotone.
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.