coign
/kɔɪn/noun, verb
coign is spelled C-O-I-G-N: 5 letters. As a noun, coign means “A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coign is coigns.
How many letters and syllables are in coign?
| Letters | 5: C-O-I-G-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you pronounce coign?
- /kɔɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with coign
Sounds like: quoin (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with coign?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as coign.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: incog.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coign
- coigns plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- coigne
- coigning participle, present
- coigned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coign mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
- 2
The keystone of an arch.
- 3
A wedge used in typesetting.
- 4
A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
- 5
An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)
verb
- 1
To furnish with coigns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does coign come from?
Variant of quoin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).