coup droit
\ku dʁwa\
The verdict
“coup droit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aux sports de raquette comme le tennis, le squash ou le tennis de table, coup effectué en frappant la balle à droite du corps quand on est droitier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coup droit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku dʁwa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coup droit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coup droit is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku dʁwa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for coup droit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coup droit, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-R-O-I-T.
Definition
- 1Aux sports de raquette comme le tennis, le squash ou le tennis de table, coup effectué en frappant la balle à droite du corps quand on est droitier.
- 2Dans une course hippique, cheval qui dont on pense qu'il a une chance probable de gagner l'épreuve ou de finir à une bonne place, première chance.
- 3Combinaison élémentaire dans laquelle on utilise une flèche pour rafler suivant sa direction.
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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.
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Using “coup droit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P- -D-R-O-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku dʁwa\ (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.