# coin vs coup

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### coin
*noun · IPA [kwɛ̃] · frequency rank #40,464*
Winkel, Ecke

### coup
*noun · IPA [ku] · frequency rank #16,671*
Treffen, Anschlag, Hieb, Schlag, Streich

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/coin-vs-coup