coup de poing remontant

\ku də pwɛ̃ ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃\

/\ku də pwɛ̃ ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“coup de poing remontant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Coup de poing réalisé de bas en haut, et délivré le plus souvent à mi-distance avec le bras semi-fléchi, dans un combat de boxe ou une rixe.

Key facts for coup de poing remontant
PropertyValue
Headwordcoup de poing remontant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku də pwɛ̃ ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coup de poing remontant” sits in French frequency

coup de poing remontant falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coup de poing remontant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku də pwɛ̃ ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coup de poing réalisé de bas en haut, et délivré le plus souvent à mi-distance avec le bras semi-fléchi, dans un combat de boxe ou une rixe.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coup de poing remontant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 coup de poing remontant, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -P-O-I-N-G- -R-E-M-O-N-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coup de poing réalisé de bas en haut, et délivré le plus souvent à mi-distance avec le bras semi-fléchi, dans un combat de boxe ou une rixe.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coup de poing remontant"?
"coup de poing remontant" is spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -P-O-I-N-G- -R-E-M-O-N-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku də pwɛ̃ ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃\.
What does "coup de poing remontant" mean?
As a noun, "coup de poing remontant" means: Coup de poing réalisé de bas en haut, et délivré le plus souvent à mi-distance avec le bras semi-fléchi, dans un combat de boxe ou une rixe.
How do you pronounce "coup de poing remontant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coup de poing remontant" is \ku də pwɛ̃ ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coup de poing remontant" come from?
"coup de poing remontant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “coup de poing remontant”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P- -D-E- -P-O-I-N-G- -R-E-M-O-N-T-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ku də pwɛ̃ ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list