# coinage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɔɪnɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #27,407

## Definitions
1. The process of coining money.
2. Coins taken collectively; currency.
3. The creation of new words, neologizing.
4. Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
5. The process of creating something new.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier. By surface analysis, coin + -age.

## Easily confused with
- **cringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coinage-vs-cringe)
- **courage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coinage-vs-courage)
- **cottage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coinage-vs-cottage)
- **collage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coinage-vs-collage)
- **coinbase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coinage-vs-coinbase)
- **carnage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-coinage)
- **cognate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cognate-vs-coinage)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccoinage`, `cionage`, `coiange`, `coinaeg`, `coinagge`, `coingae`, `coinnage`, `coniage`, `ocinage`

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