# coach

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəʊtʃ/ · frequency rank #1,160

## Definitions
1. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
2. A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
3. A trainer or instructor.
4. A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
5. The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
6. The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
7. The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest.
The meaning “instructor/trainer” is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a “tutor” who “carries” one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.

## Easily confused with
- **CoC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coc)
- **coal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coal)
- **coat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coat)
- **cock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-cock)
- **coca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coca)
- **coco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coco)
- **coax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coax)
- **coast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coast)
- **crash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-crash)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-crack)
- **couch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-couch)
- **cough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-cough)
- **Czech** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-czech)
- **coats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coats)
- **coals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-coals)
- **conch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-conch)
- **crotch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-crotch)
- **crouch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coach-vs-crouch)
- **coa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coa-vs-coach)
- **cac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cac-vs-coach)

## Common misspellings (7)
`caoch`, `ccoach`, `coacch`, `coachh`, `coahc`, `cocah`, `ocach`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coach