trou du cul
\tʁu dy ky\
The verdict
“trou du cul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anus, orifice du rectum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trou-du-cul · trou du cul · French
trou du cul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | trou du cul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁu dy ky\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trou du cul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trou du cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁu dy ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for trou du cul in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trou du cul, spelled T-R-O-U- -D-U- -C-U-L.
Definition
- 1Anus, orifice du rectum.
- 2Personne peu recommandable et que l’on déteste.
- 3Sujet plus ou moins scabreux.
- 4Endroit très isolé.
- 5Jeu de cartes qui se joue à quatre joueurs ou plus, avec un jeu de 54 cartes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trou du cul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arthur Rimbaud a rendu hommage à l’anus dans son fameux sonnet du trou du cul « L’Idole ».
Comme je regagne la Corderie pour prendre congé de la douce Eve, au moment de traverser le hall, je sens quelque chose qui tente d’explorer mon trou du cul.
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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.