coupe
/kup/noun
coupe is spelled C-O-U-P-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coupe means “A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coupe is coupes or coupés.
How many letters and syllables are in coupe?
| Letters | 5: C-O-U-P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coupe?
Coupe appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce coupe?
- UK /kuːp/
- US /kup/
- Australia /kʉːp/
As a noun (“A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)”): /kuːˈpeɪ̯/, /kuːp/.
Coupe has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coupe.wav, En-au-coop.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coupé.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with coupe
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: coop (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with coupe?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coupe from its last stressed vowel (/up/):
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 coupe
- coupes plural
- coupés plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coupe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
- 2
An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass.
- 3
An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
- 4
A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
- 5
CanadaUSA car with two doors and a nonconvertible roof. (variant of coupé)
noun
- 1
A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
- 2
UKA car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
- 3
The front part of a French stagecoach.
- 4
A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
- 5
The front compartment of a railway carriage.
- 6
The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteCouped.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coupe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does coupe come from?
Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).