cucul la praline
\ky.ky la pʁa.lin\
The verdict
“cucul la praline” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui est ridiculement niais, naïf, infantile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cucul-la-praline · cucul la praline · French
cucul la praline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | cucul la praline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ky.ky la pʁa.lin\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cucul la praline » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cucul la praline is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ky.ky la pʁa.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est ridiculement niais, naïf, infantile.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cucul la praline, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cucul la praline, spelled C-U-C-U-L- -L-A- -P-R-A-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est ridiculement niais, naïf, infantile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cucul la praline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aujourd’hui, les expressions sont plus crues ou plus cruelles : en anglais, les sugar novels sont devenues des saccharine novels, soulignant le caractère artificiel d’une telle production, tandis qu’en français la littérature à l’eau de rose est parfois qualifiée de « cucul la praline », les fesses et les confiseries entretenant des relations privilégiées…
Sa femme est un peu cucul la praline, vous verrez, mais il en fait ce qu’il veut et elle ne mouftera pas.
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.