rendre coup pour coup
\ʁɑ̃dʁ ku puʁ ku\
The verdict
“rendre coup pour coup” 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
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Répliquer avec une défense aussi ferme que l'attaque elle-même.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rendre coup pour coup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃dʁ ku puʁ ku\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rendre coup pour coup” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rendre coup pour coup is 21 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃dʁ ku puʁ ku\. 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: "Répliquer avec une défense aussi ferme que l'attaque elle-même.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rendre coup pour coup, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rendre coup pour coup, spelled R-E-N-D-R-E- -C-O-U-P- -P-O-U-R- -C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Répliquer avec une défense aussi ferme que l'attaque elle-même.
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 “rendre coup pour coup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-N-D-R-E- -C-O-U-P- -P-O-U-R- -C-O-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɑ̃dʁ ku puʁ ku\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.