beaucoup
/boʊˈkuː/
"beaucoup" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beaucoup” is uncommon English (frequency #77,449 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a determiner. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,449
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Much, many, a lot of.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beaucoup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| IPA | /boʊˈkuː/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beaucoup” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
beaucoup is uncommon English at frequency #77,449 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as adeterminer, transcribed /boʊˈkuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Much, many, a lot of.".
No misspelling variants are generated for beaucoup in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French beaucoup, early 20th century. Popularized by American GIs during the Vietnam War. The pronunciation /ˈbuːkuː/ was influenced by Louisiana French boucoup, a variant. The correct English form is beaucoup, spelled B-E-A-U-C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Much, many, a lot of.
Etymology
Borrowed from French beaucoup, early 20th century. Popularized by American GIs during the Vietnam War. The pronunciation /ˈbuːkuː/ was influenced by Louisiana French boucoup, a variant.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “beaucoup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-A-U-C-O-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /boʊˈkuː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.