donner un coup de louche
\dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də luʃ\
The verdict
“donner un coup de louche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aider, rendre service à quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-donner-un-coup-de-louche · donner un coup de louche · French
donner un coup de louche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « donner un coup de louche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
donner un coup de louche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də luʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how donner un coup de louche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je lui ai donné un coup de louche à ranger sa production dans les paniers, c’est vrai les boulangers sont pas vernis.
Nous comptons sur vous pour nous donner un coup de louche !
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.