coup franc
\ku fʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“coup franc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans certains sports de ballon, pénalité accordée à l’équipe victime d’une faute, consistant à lui redonner le ballon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-franc · coup franc · French
coup franc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 franc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku fʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coup franc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku fʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans certains sports de ballon, pénalité accordée à l’équipe victime d’une faute, consistant à lui redonner le ballon.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coup franc, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coup franc, spelled C-O-U-P- -F-R-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Dans certains sports de ballon, pénalité accordée à l’équipe victime d’une faute, consistant à lui redonner le ballon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coup franc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Garrido siffle deux coups francs l'un après l'autre, le premier pour une faute de Neeskens, le second pour une main de Van de Korput à une vingtaine de mètres sur la droite du but de Van Breukelen.
This word in other languages
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.