couteau à papier
\ku.to a pa.pje\
The verdict
“couteau à papier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coupe-papier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couteau-a-papier · couteau à papier · French
couteau à papier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | couteau à papier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.to a pa.pje\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couteau à papier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couteau à papier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.to a pa.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coupe-papier.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for couteau à papier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 couteau à papier, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -À- -P-A-P-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Coupe-papier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couteau à papier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le secrétaire général lâcha son couteau à papier, et le rouge lui monta au visage.
Il va s’adosser à la table face au public et coupe les pages du volume avec un couteau à papier.
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.