donner un coup de louche
\dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də luʃ\
The verdict
“donner un coup de louche” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aider, rendre service à quelqu’un.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donner un coup de louche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də luʃ\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “donner un coup de louche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for donner un coup de louche is 24 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də luʃ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aider, rendre service à quelqu’un.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for donner un coup de louche, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is donner un coup de louche, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-P- -D-E- -L-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Aider, rendre service à quelqu’un.
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.
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Using “donner un coup de louche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-N-N-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-P- -D-E- -L-O-U-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də luʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.