sur le coup
\syʁ lə ku\
The verdict
“sur le coup” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À ce moment-là
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sur le coup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \syʁ lə ku\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sur le coup” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sur le coup is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \syʁ lə ku\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sur le coup, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sur le coup, spelled S-U-R- -L-E- -C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1À ce moment-là
- 2Sur-le-champ, immédiatement.
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 “sur le coup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-R- -L-E- -C-O-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \syʁ lə 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.