une-deux
\yn.dø\
The verdict
“une-deux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de deux passes rapides et consécutives entre deux mêmes joueurs dans le but de percer la défense adverse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-une-deux · une-deux · French
une-deux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | une-deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \yn.dø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « une-deux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
une-deux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \yn.dø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for une-deux in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 une-deux, spelled U-N-E---D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de deux passes rapides et consécutives entre deux mêmes joueurs dans le but de percer la défense adverse.
- 2Crochet gauche suivi rapidement d’un crochet du droit.
- 3Feinte par laquelle on attire l’épée de son adversaire, d’un côté, pour l’attaquer de l’autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how une-deux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Encore buteur (de la tête, à la 65ᵉ, l’attaquant français n’a jamais besoin de grand-chose pour bonifier les ballons qu’il touche, comme sur son une-deux avec Mbappé (26ᵉ, pas loin de finir en ouverture du score pour le Parisien.
On ne retient de ce round qu’un solide une-deux du Russe qui met un point d’exclamation à un combat intrigant.
Synonyms
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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.