coupure de mot

\ku.pyʁ də mɔ\

/\ku.pyʁ də mɔ\/ noun

The verdict

“coupure de mot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Coupure nécessaire d’un mot en fin de ligne se matérialisant par le début du mot restant sur la ligne (suivi d’un trait d’union) et par la fin du mot commençant la ligne suivante.

Key facts for coupure de mot
PropertyValue
Headwordcoupure de mot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.pyʁ də mɔ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coupure de mot” sits in French frequency

coupure de mot falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coupure de mot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.pyʁ də mɔ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coupure nécessaire d’un mot en fin de ligne se matérialisant par le début du mot restant sur la ligne (suivi d’un trait d’union) et par la fin du mot commençant la ligne suivante.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coupure de mot, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is coupure de mot, spelled C-O-U-P-U-R-E- -D-E- -M-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coupure nécessaire d’un mot en fin de ligne se matérialisant par le début du mot restant sur la ligne (suivi d’un trait d’union) et par la fin du mot commençant la ligne suivante.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coupure de mot"?
"coupure de mot" is spelled C-O-U-P-U-R-E- -D-E- -M-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.pyʁ də mɔ\.
What does "coupure de mot" mean?
As a noun, "coupure de mot" means: Coupure nécessaire d’un mot en fin de ligne se matérialisant par le début du mot restant sur la ligne (suivi d’un trait d’union) et par la fin du mot commençant la ligne suivante.
How do you pronounce "coupure de mot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coupure de mot" is \ku.pyʁ də mɔ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coupure de mot" come from?
"coupure de mot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “coupure de mot”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P-U-R-E- -D-E- -M-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ku.pyʁ də mɔ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list