copsvsCoupéConfusable pair

Quick tell: cops is a verb, Coupé is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cops” is a verb and “Coupé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,118
“cops” frequency rank
#21,213
“Coupé” frequency rank
34331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cops Coupé
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cop Abteil in einem Zug

Letter map: cops vs Coupé

Shared letters muted; letters that set cops and Coupé apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
cops
5 ch
Coupé

Role in the sentence - cops and Coupé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cops is averb and Coupéanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cops is recorded at frequency rank #13,118, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Coupé is at rank #21,213, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kuˈpeː].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 34331, this pair ranks #1,665,762 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cops vs Coupé

Shared letters: cop. Private to "cops": s. Private to "Coupé": .

"cops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Coupé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • copsccops · copps · copss · cosp · cpos · ocps

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cops" for "Coupé" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cops" is a verb and "Coupé" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "cops" or "Coupé" show up more?
"cops" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,118 in our German list, against #21,213 for "Coupé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "cops" vs "Coupé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cops" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Coupé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,665,762 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cops" and "Coupé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cops vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,665,762 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list