coquette
/kɒˈkɛt/
"coquette" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coquette” is uncommon English (frequency #78,492 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,492
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coquette · coquette · English
coquette · rank #78,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,492
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH correlative
Nearest frequency peer: correlative (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “coquette”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- connivance
connivance
21,514 corpus weight
- contralto
contralto
21,512 corpus weight
- coquette
coquette
21,509 corpus weight
- correlative
correlative
21,508 corpus weight
- coxswain
coxswain
21,506 corpus weight
- cran
cran
21,505 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “coquette” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coquette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒˈkɛt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “coquette” in English
Rare enough to double-check
coquette is uncommon English at frequency #78,492 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒˈkɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for coquette in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French coquette. The correct English form is coquette, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
- 2Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coquette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Though, I confeſs, Paris has its Charms; but to me they are like thoſe of a Coquette, gay and gavvdy; they ſerve to amuſe vvith, but a Man vvould not chuſe to be marry'd to them.
She was a big, sexy brunette—as Garcia said, «Something straight out of Degas,» and generally like a beautiful Parisian coquette.
Etymology
Borrowed from French coquette.
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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