English homophones
coop/coupe
"coop" (#16,874 written frequency) beats "coupe" (#18,524) in this 2-word /kuːp/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /kuːp/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "coop" leads at #16,874, with "coupe" trailing at #18,524.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "co" then splits - "coop" (4 letters) vs "coupe" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across coop, coupe: cop. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
coop
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory cop · no private letters vs siblings
coupe
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory ceopu · private eu
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "coop" when you mean: A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- Write "coupe" when you mean: A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (coop, coupe). Here's where to go from here.
- "coop" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #16,874 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: concord · Concorde. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "coop, coupe" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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