coin purse

noun

"coin-purse" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“coin purse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small bag or pouch designed for carrying money, particularly coins.

Corpus desk

Index EN-coin-purse · coin purse · English

coin purse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for coin purse
PropertyValue
Headwordcoin purse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “coin purse” in English

coin pursefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coin purse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for coin purse in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is coin purse, spelled C-O-I-N- -P-U-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small bag or pouch designed for carrying money, particularly coins.
  2. 2
    Testicles.
  3. 3
    a type of theatrical performance undergarment used to hide male genitalia, by stuffing it into a pouch with a drawstring, to simulate being nude

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coin purse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “I have gold,” Mananda repeated to the men as they drew closer, and he shook his coin purse, ringing the coins together.
  2. As I grabbed my donuts and turned, all the change from my coin purse flew out and landed all over the store floor, under twenty sets of feet.

Synonyms

change pursetesticlescoin pouch

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coin purse"?
"coin purse" is spelled C-O-I-N- -P-U-R-S-E.
What does "coin purse" mean?
As a noun, "coin purse" means: A small bag or pouch designed for carrying money, particularly coins.
What language does "coin purse" come from?
"coin purse" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list