coude à coude
\ku.d‿a kud\
The verdict
“coude à coude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’un à côté de l’autre, en se coudoyant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coude-a-coude · coude à coude · French
coude à coude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | coude à coude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ku.d‿a kud\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coude à coude” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coude à coude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ku.d‿a kud\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for coude à coude, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coude à coude, spelled C-O-U-D-E- -À- -C-O-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1L’un à côté de l’autre, en se coudoyant.
- 2Qui ont des résultats, des scores très proches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coude à coude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Témoin, jusqu’en 1917, l’absurde entassement des troupes, coude à coude dans les tranchées de première ligne, proie inerte des bombardements.
Pendant des mois on a vu, tous les jours, Legault, McCann et Arruda, coude à coude, sans plexiglas et sans masque, nous parler de l’importance de garder... la distanciation sociale !
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