rester coi
\ʁɛs.te kwa\
The verdict
“rester coi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Rester figé, muet, impuissant, démuni voire désarmé pour émettre une solution immédiate, après un événement ou information aussi surprenant qu’imprévisible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rester-coi · rester coi · French
rester coi · 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 | rester coi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɛs.te kwa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rester coi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rester coi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɛs.te kwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rester figé, muet, impuissant, démuni voire désarmé pour émettre une solution immédiate, après un événement ou information aussi surprenant qu’imprévisible.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rester coi, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rester coi, spelled R-E-S-T-E-R- -C-O-I.
Definition
- 1Rester figé, muet, impuissant, démuni voire désarmé pour émettre une solution immédiate, après un événement ou information aussi surprenant qu’imprévisible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rester coi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] mon oncle ne prêta aucune attention à mes paroles, se contentant de baisser la tête et de rester coi ; […].
Nous sommes tous très différents en la matière. Les uns se fâchent, tandis que les autres restent cois ou cèdent à l'angoisse.
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.