cul par-dessus tête

\ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\

/\ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\/ adv

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.

Key facts for cul par-dessus tête
PropertyValue
Headwordcul par-dessus tête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cul par-dessus tête » en français

cul par-dessus têtesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

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

  1. 1
    En culbutant ; à la renverse ; à l’envers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cul par-dessus tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. – Je sais que dans votre ville toute la morale bourgeoise est en ce moment cul par-dessus tête.
  2. J’ai bien envie de t’envoyer voler cul par-dessus tête !

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "cul par-dessus tête"?
"cul par-dessus tête" is spelled C-U-L- -P-A-R---D-E-S-S-U-S- -T-Ê-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\.
What does "cul par-dessus tête" mean?
As an adverb, "cul par-dessus tête" means: En culbutant ; à la renverse ; à l’envers.
How do you pronounce "cul par-dessus tête"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cul par-dessus tête" is \ky paʁ.də.sy tɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cul par-dessus tête" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list