couteau pliant
\ku.to pli.jɑ̃\
The verdict
“couteau pliant” 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 September 3, 2026) - Couteau dont la lame peut se plier vers le manche et généralement rentrer dans ce dernier dans une encoche réalisée à cette fin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couteau-pliant · couteau pliant · French
couteau pliant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 pliant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.to pli.jɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couteau pliant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couteau pliant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.to pli.jɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couteau dont la lame peut se plier vers le manche et généralement rentrer dans ce dernier dans une encoche réalisée à cette fin.".
couteau pliant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is couteau pliant, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -P-L-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Couteau dont la lame peut se plier vers le manche et généralement rentrer dans ce dernier dans une encoche réalisée à cette fin.
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.