développé couché
\dev.lɔ.pe ku.ʃe\
The verdict
“développé couché” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exercice des pectoraux consistant à abaisser une barre chargée puis à la remonter dès que celle-ci touche le torse, en étant allongé sur un banc horizontal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | développé couché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dev.lɔ.pe ku.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “développé couché” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
développé couché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dev.lɔ.pe ku.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exercice des pectoraux consistant à abaisser une barre chargée puis à la remonter dès que celle-ci touche le torse, en étant allongé sur un banc horizontal.".
No misspelling variants are generated for développé couché in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 développé couché, spelled D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-É- -C-O-U-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Exercice des pectoraux consistant à abaisser une barre chargée puis à la remonter dès que celle-ci touche le torse, en étant allongé sur un banc horizontal.
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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.
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Using “développé couché”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-É- -C-O-U-C-H-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dev.lɔ.pe ku.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.