coup de chaud
\ku də ʃo\
The verdict
“coup de chaud” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Coup de chaleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-de-chaud · coup de chaud · French
coup de chaud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 de chaud |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku də ʃo\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coup de chaud » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coup de chaud is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku də ʃo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coup de chaud, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coup de chaud, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -C-H-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1Coup de chaleur.
- 2Emballement des cours, des prix.
- 3Fait de s’énerver.
- 4Frayeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coup de chaud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Titre] Coup de chaud sur les matières premières La reprise de l’économie chinoise, la faiblesse du dollar et une dose de spéculation expliquent la poussée de fièvre sur plusieurs métaux, le pétrole ou encore des produits agricoles. Au point que certains évoquent un nouveau « supercycle » de hausse.
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.