d’un coup
\d‿œ̃ ku\
The verdict
“d’un coup” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En seulement une fois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-un-coup · d’un coup · French
d’un coup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | d’un coup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿œ̃ ku\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’un coup » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’un coup is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿œ̃ ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En seulement une fois.".
Zero misspellings are on record for d’un coup in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is d’un coup, spelled D-’-U-N- -C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1En seulement une fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’un coup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce soir, tu souperas comme on festinait chez Balthazar, et tu verras notre Paris, à nous, jouant au lansquenet, et hasardant cent mille francs d’un coup, sans sourciller.
D'un coup, une avalanche de calendriers, d’horloges biologiques, de dates de naissance et d’avis de caisse de retraite lui tombèrent sur le râble. Mais qui intéresserait-il encore ?
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.