passer un coup de fil

\pa.se œ̃ ku də fil\

/\pa.se œ̃ ku də fil\/ verb

The verdict

“passer un coup de fil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-passer-un-coup-de-fil · passer un coup de fil · French

passer un coup de fil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" 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 passer un coup de fil
PropertyValue
Headwordpasser un coup de fil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.se œ̃ ku də fil\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « passer un coup de fil » en français

passer un coup de filn'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

passer un coup de fil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.se œ̃ ku də fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Téléphoner.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for passer un coup de fil, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 passer un coup de fil, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-P- -D-E- -F-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Téléphoner.

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 "passer un coup de fil"?
"passer un coup de fil" is spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-P- -D-E- -F-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.se œ̃ ku də fil\.
What does "passer un coup de fil" mean?
As a verb, "passer un coup de fil" means: Téléphoner.
How do you pronounce "passer un coup de fil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passer un coup de fil" is \pa.se œ̃ ku də fil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passer un coup de fil" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list