coup franc
\ku fʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“coup franc” 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) - Dans certains sports de ballon, pénalité accordée à l’équipe victime d’une faute, consistant à lui redonner le ballon.
| 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) |
Where “coup franc” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coup franc is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku fʁɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “coup franc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P- -F-R-A-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku fʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.