être né coiffé

\ɛtʁ ne kwa.fe\

/\ɛtʁ ne kwa.fe\/ verb

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The verdict

“être né coiffé” 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
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir de la chance.

Key facts for être né coiffé
PropertyValue
Headwordêtre né coiffé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛtʁ ne kwa.fe\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “être né coiffé” sits in French frequency

être né coiffé falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for être né coiffé is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛtʁ ne kwa.fe\. 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: "Avoir de la chance.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for être né coiffé in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is être né coiffé, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -N-É- -C-O-I-F-F-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir de la chance.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "être né coiffé"?
"être né coiffé" is spelled Ê-T-R-E- -N-É- -C-O-I-F-F-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛtʁ ne kwa.fe\.
What does "être né coiffé" mean?
As a verb, "être né coiffé" means: Avoir de la chance.
How do you pronounce "être né coiffé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "être né coiffé" is \ɛtʁ ne kwa.fe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "être né coiffé" come from?
"être né coiffé" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “être né coiffé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is Ê-T-R-E- -N-É- -C-O-I-F-F-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛtʁ ne kwa.fe\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list