ras-de-cou
\ʁɑ də ku\
The verdict
“ras-de-cou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serrant très étroitement le cou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ras-de-cou · ras-de-cou · French
ras-de-cou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | ras-de-cou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɑ də ku\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ras-de-cou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɑ də ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serrant très étroitement le cou.".
ras-de-cou has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ras-de-cou, spelled R-A-S---D-E---C-O-U.
Definition
- 1Serrant très étroitement le cou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ras-de-cou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les colliers ras-de-cou soulignent particulièrement bien les cols bateau.
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.