tout d’un coup
\tu d‿œ̃ ku\
The verdict
“tout d’un coup” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout en une fois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tout-d-un-coup · tout d’un coup · French
tout d’un coup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | tout d’un coup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tu d‿œ̃ ku\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tout d’un coup is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tu d‿œ̃ ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tout d’un coup, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tout d’un coup, spelled T-O-U-T- -D-’-U-N- -C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Tout en une fois.
- 2Tout à coup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tout d’un coup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durant la chaleur de cerveau qui, au sortir de ma simple enfance, m'avait tout d'un coup rempli de fumées grossières, j'avais pêle-mêle entassé bien des rêves, et d'étranges idées sur l'amour m'étaient survenues.
Elle s’assit sur une chaise, lourdement. Un eût dit qu’une fatigue, tout d’un coup, lui avait cassé les membres.
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.