tirer un coup
\ti.ʁe œ̃ ku\
The verdict
“tirer un coup” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir une relation sexuelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tirer-un-coup · tirer un coup · French
tirer un coup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tirer un coup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ti.ʁe œ̃ ku\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tirer un coup » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tirer un coup is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.ʁe œ̃ ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir une relation sexuelle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tirer un coup in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tirer un coup, spelled T-I-R-E-R- -U-N- -C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Avoir une relation sexuelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tirer un coup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La plupart du temps les femmes camarades sont d’infâmes laiderons qui font pour tirer un coup cent mille manières qu’ignore une bonne et jolie femme.
Et puis ferme la porte derrière toi en partant et rentre tirer un coup à ton hôtel.
Synonyms
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.