# couple

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌp.əl/ · frequency rank #651

## Definitions
1. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
2. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
3. A small number.
4. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
5. A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
6. A couple-close.
7. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

## Etymology
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.

## Easily confused with
- **coups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-coups)
- **Coyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-coyle)
- **course** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-course)
- **coupon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-coupon)
- **couples** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-couples)
- **coupled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-coupled)
- **coupler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-coupler)
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cole-vs-couple)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cope-vs-couple)
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coup-vs-couple)
- **could** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/could-vs-couple)
- **coupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupe-vs-couple)
- **comply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comply-vs-couple)
- **corpse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corpse-vs-couple)
- **Copley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copley-vs-couple)
- **cobble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cobble-vs-couple)
- **complex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/complex-vs-couple)
- **compile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-couple)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccouple`, `copule`, `coulpe`, `coupel`, `couplle`, `coupple`, `cuople`, `ocuple`

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