coravscoupConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#28,594
“cora” frequency rank
#16,671
“coup” frequency rank
45265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cora coup
Definition 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs corar Treffen, Anschlag, Hieb, Schlag, Streich

Letter map: cora vs coup

Shared letters muted; letters that set cora and coup apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
cora
4 ch
coup

Part-of-speech tell for cora / coup

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cora is averb and coupanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cora is recorded at frequency rank #28,594, classified as averb, pronounced […]. coup is at rank #16,671, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ku].

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 45265, this pair ranks #1,358,937 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cora vs coup

Shared letters: co. Private to "cora": ar. Private to "coup": pu.

"cora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "coup" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coraccora · coar · corra · croa · ocra
  • coupccoup · copu · coupp · cuop · ocup

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cora" and "coup" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cora" is a verb and "coup" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "cora" or "coup" show up more?
"coup" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,671 in our German list, against #28,594 for "cora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cora" and "coup".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coup" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,358,937 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cora" and "coup" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cora 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 #1,358,937 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