vélo couché
\ve.lo ku.ʃe\
The verdict
“vélo couché” 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) - Vélo qui a pour particularité d’avoir le pédalier à la hauteur du siège, ce dernier ayant une forme de baquet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-velo-couche · vélo couché · French
vélo couché · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vélo couché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ve.lo ku.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vélo couché » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vélo couché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ve.lo ku.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vélo qui a pour particularité d’avoir le pédalier à la hauteur du siège, ce dernier ayant une forme de baquet.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vélo couché, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vélo couché, spelled V-É-L-O- -C-O-U-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Vélo qui a pour particularité d’avoir le pédalier à la hauteur du siège, ce dernier ayant une forme de baquet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vélo couché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vélo couché est généralement de manœuvrabilité moins aisée qu’un vélo classique.
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.