coup de torchon
\ku də tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“coup de torchon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aggravation soudaine des conditions météorologiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-de-torchon · coup de torchon · French
coup de torchon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 torchon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku də tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coup de torchon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku də tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for coup de torchon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coup de torchon, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -T-O-R-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Aggravation soudaine des conditions météorologiques.
- 2Changement radical.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coup de torchon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mardi matin, nous avons essuyé un coup de torchon, avec des lames hautes comme des maisons.
[Titre] Turquie : coup de torchon au quotidien d’opposition « Cumhuriyet »
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