comme un fou
\kɔ.m‿œ̃ fu\
The verdict
“comme un fou” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière excessive, exagérée ou irrationnelle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comme un fou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kɔ.m‿œ̃ fu\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comme un fou” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for comme un fou is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.m‿œ̃ fu\. 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: "De manière excessive, exagérée ou irrationnelle.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for comme un fou, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is comme un fou, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -F-O-U.
Definition
- 1De manière excessive, exagérée ou irrationnelle.
Synonyms
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 fou”
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- -F-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.m‿œ̃ fu\ (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.