se serrer les coudes
\sə sɛ.ʁe lɛ kud\
The verdict
“se serrer les coudes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’entraider.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se serrer les coudes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə sɛ.ʁe lɛ kud\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se serrer les coudes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
se serrer les coudes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə sɛ.ʁe lɛ kud\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’entraider.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se serrer les coudes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is se serrer les coudes, spelled S-E- -S-E-R-R-E-R- -L-E-S- -C-O-U-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1S’entraider.
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 “se serrer les coudes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E- -S-E-R-R-E-R- -L-E-S- -C-O-U-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə sɛ.ʁe lɛ kud\ (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.