pété comme un coin
\pe.te kɔ.m‿œ̃ kwɛ̃\
The verdict
“pété comme un coin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complètement ivre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pete-comme-un-coin · pété comme un coin · French
pété comme un coin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pété comme un coin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.te kɔ.m‿œ̃ kwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pété comme un coin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pété comme un coin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.te kɔ.m‿œ̃ kwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Complètement ivre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pété comme un coin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pété comme un coin, spelled P-É-T-É- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Complètement ivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pété comme un coin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus littéraire et tendance : « Pété comme un coing (Loulou traduit « quinced »), c’est une expression qui nous vient d’un soir à Marrakech, il y a quatre ou cinq ans, les Saint Laurent avaient invité Michel Polnareff : ivre de kif, il disait qu’il était « pété comme un coin » (parce que le coin de mur, le coin de table sont souvent ébréchés ?).
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.