couarde
\kwaʁd\
The verdict
“couarde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poltronne, lâche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couarde · couarde · French
couarde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | couarde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kwaʁd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couarde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couarde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kwaʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poltronne, lâche.".
No misspelling variants are generated for couarde in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is couarde, spelled C-O-U-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Poltronne, lâche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si vous n’avez pas le cran de faire face à une penture, comment réagirez-vous à ce qui nous attend ? La Tour Blanche n’a nul besoin de couardes !
Je pensais que j’avais des seins à bustier, mais comme je suis une couarde, j’ai choisi le dos nu à ficelle amovible.
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.