se coucher
\sə ku.ʃe\
The verdict
“se coucher” 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) - S’allonger, se mettre en position horizontale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-coucher · se coucher · French
se coucher · 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 "S" 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 | se coucher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ku.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se coucher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se coucher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ku.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se coucher, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is se coucher, spelled S-E- -C-O-U-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1S’allonger, se mettre en position horizontale.
- 2S’allonger pour dormir.
- 3Descendre sous l’horizon, au sujet du soleil et des astres.
- 4Abandonner le combat, feindre le KO.
- 5Abandonner la manche, cesser de miser. Est signifié en posant ses cartes face cachée sur la table.
- 6Abandonner, se résigner, se dégonfler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se coucher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai dû me coucher pour entrer dans ce souterrain.
Il s’est couché par terre.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.