planter un couteau dans le dos
\plɑ̃.te œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ lə do\
The verdict
“planter un couteau dans le dos” 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
- 30
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trahir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planter un couteau dans le dos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \plɑ̃.te œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ lə do\ |
| Letters | 30 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “planter un couteau dans le dos” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for planter un couteau dans le dos is 30 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plɑ̃.te œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ lə do\. 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: "Trahir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for planter un couteau dans le dos, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is planter un couteau dans le dos, spelled P-L-A-N-T-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-A-N-S- -L-E- -D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Trahir.
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 “planter un couteau dans le dos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-N-T-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-A-N-S- -L-E- -D-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \plɑ̃.te œ̃ ku.to dɑ̃ lə do\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.