hausser le coude
^((h aspiré))\o.se lə kud\
The verdict
“hausser le coude” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’adonner à la beuverie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hausser le coude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\o.se lə kud\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hausser le coude” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for hausser le coude is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\o.se lə kud\. 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: "S’adonner à la beuverie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hausser le coude, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 hausser le coude, spelled H-A-U-S-S-E-R- -L-E- -C-O-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1S’adonner à la beuverie.
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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.
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Using “hausser le coude”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-A-U-S-S-E-R- -L-E- -C-O-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\o.se lə kud\ (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.