coupe-choux
\kup.ʃu\
The verdict
“coupe-choux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rasoir dont la lame se replie dans le manche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coupe-choux · coupe-choux · French
coupe-choux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | coupe-choux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kup.ʃu\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coupe-choux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kup.ʃu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rasoir dont la lame se replie dans le manche.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coupe-choux, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is coupe-choux, spelled C-O-U-P-E---C-H-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1Rasoir dont la lame se replie dans le manche.
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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.