cul par-dessus tête
\ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\
The verdict
“cul par-dessus tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En culbutant ; à la renverse ; à l’envers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cul-par-dessus-tete · cul par-dessus tête · French
cul par-dessus tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 | cul par-dessus tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cul par-dessus tête » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cul par-dessus tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En culbutant ; à la renverse ; à l’envers.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cul par-dessus tête, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cul par-dessus tête, spelled C-U-L- -P-A-R---D-E-S-S-U-S- -T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1En culbutant ; à la renverse ; à l’envers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cul par-dessus tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Je sais que dans votre ville toute la morale bourgeoise est en ce moment cul par-dessus tête.
J’ai bien envie de t’envoyer voler cul par-dessus tête !
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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.