coup de bourre
\ku d‿buʁ\
The verdict
“coup de bourre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courte et intense augmentation d’activité dans un travail, une activité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coup de bourre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku d‿buʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coup de bourre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coup de bourre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku d‿buʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Courte et intense augmentation d’activité dans un travail, une activité.".
coup de bourre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is coup de bourre, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -B-O-U-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Courte et intense augmentation d’activité dans un travail, une activité.
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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.
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Using “coup de bourre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P- -D-E- -B-O-U-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku d‿buʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.