trousseur de cotillons

\tʁu.sœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\

/\tʁu.sœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“trousseur de cotillons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Par métonymie) Personne qui aime à séduire de nombreuses femmes.

Key facts for trousseur de cotillons
PropertyValue
Headwordtrousseur de cotillons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁu.sœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “trousseur de cotillons” sits in French frequency

trousseur de cotillons falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trousseur de cotillons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁu.sœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Par métonymie) Personne qui aime à séduire de nombreuses femmes.".

No misspelling variants are generated for trousseur de cotillons in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trousseur de cotillons, spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-O-T-I-L-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Par métonymie) Personne qui aime à séduire de nombreuses femmes.

Synonyms

coureur de cotillonstrousseur de jupons

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trousseur de cotillons"?
"trousseur de cotillons" is spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-O-T-I-L-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁu.sœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\.
What does "trousseur de cotillons" mean?
As a noun, "trousseur de cotillons" means: (Par métonymie) Personne qui aime à séduire de nombreuses femmes.
How do you pronounce "trousseur de cotillons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trousseur de cotillons" is \tʁu.sœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trousseur de cotillons" come from?
"trousseur de cotillons" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “trousseur de cotillons”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-R-O-U-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-O-T-I-L-L-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tʁu.sœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list