coup de vent
The verdict
“coup de vent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vent qui devient plus fort que ce qu'il était.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-de-vent · coup de vent · French
coup de vent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 vent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coup de vent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vent qui devient plus fort que ce qu'il était.".
coup de vent has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coup de vent, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Vent qui devient plus fort que ce qu'il était.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coup de vent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des mois, des années, s'écouleront, sans qu'il soit payé de son labeur, et peut-être qu'au moment de jouir de ses peines passées, un coup de vent, une ondée de grêle, suffiront pour détruire ses justes espérances.
Le Baltimore, trois-mâts-barque venant de la Havane, essuya de très-forts coups de vent de l’Ouest.
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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.