fausse-couche

\fos.kuʃ\

/\fos.kuʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“fausse-couche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interruption naturelle ou accidentelle de la grossesse, avortement spontané.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fausse-couche · fausse-couche · French

fausse-couche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 fausse-couche
PropertyValue
Headwordfausse-couche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fos.kuʃ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fausse-couche » en français

fausse-couchen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

fausse-couche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fos.kuʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

fausse-couche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fausse-couche, spelled F-A-U-S-S-E---C-O-U-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interruption naturelle ou accidentelle de la grossesse, avortement spontané.
  2. 2
    Objet sans valeur, de par sa petitesse, sa vieillesse, ou sa détérioration. Surtout utilisé pour désigner des voitures référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fausse-couche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle a reçu tant de coups de pied au ventre qu’hier après-midi elle a été prise de douleurs et qu’elle en a fait une fausse-couche pendant la nuit ; même qu’elle a failli en claquer.
  2. — Moi si mon avant-dernier n’était pas mort à la naissance, et si j’avais pas eu cette fausse-couche au départ qui m’a laissée des mois patraque et d’ailleurs je m’en suis jamais vraiment relevée, on aurait tout aujourd’hui, et peut-être même on aurait eu le Prix.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fausse-couche"?
"fausse-couche" is spelled F-A-U-S-S-E---C-O-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fos.kuʃ\.
What does "fausse-couche" mean?
As a noun, "fausse-couche" means: Interruption naturelle ou accidentelle de la grossesse, avortement spontané.
How do you pronounce "fausse-couche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fausse-couche" is \fos.kuʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fausse-couche" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list