donner un coup de pouce
\dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də pus\
The verdict
“donner un coup de pouce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aider dans une situation difficile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-donner-un-coup-de-pouce · donner un coup de pouce · French
donner un coup de pouce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 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 pouce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də pus\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « donner un coup de pouce » en français
Rare enough to double-check
donner un coup de pouce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔ.ne œ̃ ku də pus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aider dans une situation difficile.".
donner un coup de pouce doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is donner un coup de pouce, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-P- -D-E- -P-O-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1Aider dans une situation difficile.
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.