couplet
coup·let/ˈkʌp.lət/noun
couplet is spelled C-O-U-P-L-E-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (coup·let). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, couplet means “A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of couplet is couplets.
How many letters and syllables are in couplet?
| Letters | 7: C-O-U-P-L-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: coup·let |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is couplet?
Couplet appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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 couplet?
- /ˈkʌp.lət/
- /ˈkʌp.lɪt/
Couplet has 2 syllables, split coup·let in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-couplet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with couplet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as couplet.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: octuple.
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 couplet
- couplets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does couplet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
- 2
Ellipsis of antithetical couplet, Chinese couplet, or duilian couplet (“duilian”).
- 3
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.
- 4
A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Couplet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words:
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 couplet come from?
From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).