coup de foudre
\ku də fudʁ\
The verdict
“coup de foudre” 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 September 3, 2026) - Phénomène physique marqué par l’impact de la foudre sur un objet ou un être vivant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-de-foudre · coup de foudre · French
coup de foudre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 foudre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku də fudʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coup de foudre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku də fudʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for coup de foudre in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coup de foudre, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -F-O-U-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Phénomène physique marqué par l’impact de la foudre sur un objet ou un être vivant.
- 2Événement soudain et inattendu.
- 3Attrait passionné qui se déclare subitement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coup de foudre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] & il y périt d'une façon étonnante ; car la terre aiant été entrouverte par un coup de foudre, il fut englouti dans cet abyme avec son chariot.
Cette pierre fut brisée par un coup de foudre en 1626.
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.