coup d’envoi
\ku d‿ɑ̃.vwa\
The verdict
“coup d’envoi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commencement d’un match de sport.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-d-envoi · coup d’envoi · French
coup d’envoi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | coup d’envoi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku d‿ɑ̃.vwa\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coup d’envoi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coup d’envoi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku d‿ɑ̃.vwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coup d’envoi, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is coup d’envoi, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-’-E-N-V-O-I.
Definition
- 1Commencement d’un match de sport.
- 2Commencement d’un événement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coup d’envoi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le 4 octobre 1911, le Premier ministre Giolitti donne le coup d’envoi au départ d'un corps expéditionnaire. Il va vite atteindre les 100 000 hommes, marins et bersagliers, transportés par des centaines de navires.
Le coup d’envoi est donné par le « vol de l’ange », quand une jeune fille accrochée à un filin s’élance du campanile de la place Saint-Marc.
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.