coudoyer
\ku.dwa.je\
The verdict
“coudoyer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Heurter quelqu’un du coude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coudoyer · coudoyer · French
coudoyer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | coudoyer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.dwa.je\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coudoyer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coudoyer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.dwa.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for coudoyer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coudoyer, spelled C-O-U-D-O-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Heurter quelqu’un du coude.
- 2Passer fréquemment près de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose; côtoyer.
- 3Être coude à coude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coudoyer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et le raffiné se panadait le poing sur sa hanche, coudoyant les promeneurs et souriant aux promeneuses.
Quelle cohue sur les trottoirs et comme il est difficile de se mouvoir parmi ces gens qui, sans penser à mal, vous coudoient !
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.