coupe à la garçonne
\ku.p‿a la ɡaʁ.sɔn\
The verdict
“coupe à la garçonne” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Coiffure de femme à la mode pendant les années 1920, où les cheveux sont en carré court, avec une frange sur le devant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coupe à la garçonne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.p‿a la ɡaʁ.sɔn\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coupe à la garçonne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coupe à la garçonne is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.p‿a la ɡaʁ.sɔn\. 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: "Coiffure de femme à la mode pendant les années 1920, où les cheveux sont en carré court, avec une frange sur le devant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for coupe à la garçonne in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coupe à la garçonne, spelled C-O-U-P-E- -À- -L-A- -G-A-R-Ç-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Coiffure de femme à la mode pendant les années 1920, où les cheveux sont en carré court, avec une frange sur le devant.
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 “coupe à la garçonne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P-E- -À- -L-A- -G-A-R-Ç-O-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.p‿a la ɡaʁ.sɔn\ (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.