couche-tard
\kuʃ.taʁ\
The verdict
“couche-tard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui se couche tard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couche-tard · couche-tard · French
couche-tard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | couche-tard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʃ.taʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
couche-tard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʃ.taʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for couche-tard, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is couche-tard, spelled C-O-U-C-H-E---T-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Personne qui se couche tard.
- 2Personne qui fait régulièrement la fête la nuit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how couche-tard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça c’est pour les couche-tard qu’ont toujours envie d’boire
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.