répondre coup pour coup
\ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ ku puʁ ku\
The verdict
“répondre 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
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Répliquer avec une défense aussi ferme que l’attaque elle-même, sans rien laisser passer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | répondre coup pour coup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ ku puʁ ku\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “répondre coup pour coup” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for répondre coup pour coup is 23 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ 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, sans rien laisser passer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for répondre coup pour coup in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is répondre coup pour coup, spelled R-É-P-O-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, sans rien laisser passer.
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 “répondre coup pour coup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-P-O-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 \ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ ku puʁ ku\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.