cucul la praline

\ky.ky la pʁa.lin\

/\ky.ky la pʁa.lin\/ adj

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.

Key facts for cucul la praline
PropertyValue
Headwordcucul la praline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ky.ky la pʁa.lin\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cucul la praline » en français

cucul la pralinen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Qui est ridiculement niais, naïf, infantile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cucul la praline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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…
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cucul la praline"?
"cucul la praline" is spelled C-U-C-U-L- -L-A- -P-R-A-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.ky la pʁa.lin\.
What does "cucul la praline" mean?
As an adjective, "cucul la praline" means: Qui est ridiculement niais, naïf, infantile.
How do you pronounce "cucul la praline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cucul la praline" is \ky.ky la pʁa.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list