couteau à lame rétractable
\ku.to a lam ʁe.tʁak.tabl\
The verdict
“couteau à lame rétractable” 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
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Couteau automatique dont la lame ne se replie pas mais rentre dans le manche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couteau à lame rétractable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.to a lam ʁe.tʁak.tabl\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couteau à lame rétractable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for couteau à lame rétractable is 26 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.to a lam ʁe.tʁak.tabl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
couteau à lame rétractable has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is couteau à lame rétractable, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -À- -L-A-M-E- -R-É-T-R-A-C-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Couteau automatique dont la lame ne se replie pas mais rentre dans le manche.
- 2Cutter dont la lame peut rentrer à l’intérieur du manche quand on ne l’utilise pas.
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 “couteau à lame rétractable”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -À- -L-A-M-E- -R-É-T-R-A-C-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.