Which to use
“coupe” and “cour” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,524
- “coupe” frequency rank
- #41,064
- “cour” frequency rank
- 59588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupe | cour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served. | A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons. |
Where the eye mixes coupe and cour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. coupe runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against cour's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between coupe and cour
A purely visual mix-up. coupe (/kuːp/) and cour (/ˈkʊə(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coupe is recorded at frequency rank #18,524, classified as anoun, pronounced /kuːp/. cour is at rank #41,064, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/.
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 59588, this pair ranks #105,254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coupe vs cour
Shared letters: cou. Private to "coupe": ep. Private to "cour": r.
"coupe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "cour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coupe" for "cour" ever safe?
Frequency check: "coupe" vs "cour" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupe" and "cour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cour vs cower". 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 #105,254 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.