copse
/kɒps/
"copse" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“copse” is uncommon English (frequency #63,526 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,526
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | copse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒps/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “copse” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
copse is uncommon English at frequency #63,526 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
copse has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”. The correct English form is copse, spelled C-O-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
- 2Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
- 3Any woodland or woodlot.
Etymology
1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.
Synonyms
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); 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 “copse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-P-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɒps/ (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.