faire ses couches

\fɛʁ se kuʃ\

/\fɛʁ se kuʃ\/ verb

The verdict

“faire ses couches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accoucher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-ses-couches · faire ses couches · French

faire ses couches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" 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.

Key facts for faire ses couches
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire ses couches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛʁ se kuʃ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire ses couches » en français

faire ses couchesreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

faire ses couches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ se kuʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accoucher.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faire ses couches, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 faire ses couches, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -S-E-S- -C-O-U-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accoucher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faire ses couches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle fait ses couches chez son père, puis devient nonne pour le reste de ses jours : son fils est saint Travers.
  2. Et, comme Hannah refusait avec obstination de quitter la ferme pour aller faire ses couches, bien au chaud, dans une maternité, avec tout l’appareil de docteurs, de sages-femmes patentées et de nurses que je désirais vivement, ce fut au milieu d’une belle bordée de neige que je dus atteler le traîneau pour aller chercher le renfort nécessaire.

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 "faire ses couches"?
"faire ses couches" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -S-E-S- -C-O-U-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ se kuʃ\.
What does "faire ses couches" mean?
As a verb, "faire ses couches" means: Accoucher.
How do you pronounce "faire ses couches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire ses couches" is \fɛʁ se kuʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list