coup de revers
\ku də ʁə.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“coup de revers” 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) - Faire subir un inconvénient en contre-partie de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-de-revers · coup de revers · French
coup de revers · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 revers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku də ʁə.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coup de revers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coup de revers is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku də ʁə.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire subir un inconvénient en contre-partie de quelque chose.".
coup de revers has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coup de revers, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -R-E-V-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Faire subir un inconvénient en contre-partie de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coup de revers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Platon seul, en un dialogue complétant la République, aurait pu, à l’origine de ces problèmes, en baliser les méandres : hélas ! il a, un jour de jacobinisme totalitaire, banni les poètes de sa République — et Vigny sera obligé de donner quelques coups de revers à cet allié malgré tout.
Quand on veut forcer la nature et Dieu même, pour lui dire en face qu’on ne se soucie pas du bonheur qu’on trouve en lui, il donne des coups de revers terribles à ceux qui lui osent dire que c’est là l’aimer.
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.