maigre comme un coucou
\mɛɡʁ kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.ku\
The verdict
“maigre comme un coucou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de maigre comme un clou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maigre-comme-un-coucou · maigre comme un coucou · French
maigre comme un coucou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | maigre comme un coucou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɛɡʁ kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.ku\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maigre comme un coucou” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maigre comme un coucou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɛɡʁ kɔ.m‿œ̃ ku.ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de maigre comme un clou.".
maigre comme un coucou doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 maigre comme un coucou, spelled M-A-I-G-R-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-O-U-C-O-U.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de maigre comme un clou.
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