couteau de chasse
\ku.to də ʃas\
The verdict
“couteau de chasse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couteau utilisé pour servir un animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couteau-de-chasse · couteau de chasse · French
couteau de chasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 de chasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.to də ʃas\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couteau de chasse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couteau de chasse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.to də ʃas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
couteau de chasse has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 couteau de chasse, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -C-H-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Couteau utilisé pour servir un animal.
- 2Meuble représentant l’outil du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme le couteau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couteau de chasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, il peut transporter un couteau de chasse, une dague ou un épieu entre le lieu de chasse et son domicile.
D’azur au couteau de chasse d’argent, au manche de gueules garni et clouté d’or, posé en pal, qui est de Durmenach, du Haut-Rhin → voir illustration « armoiries avec un couteau de chasse »
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.