coupling
/ˈkʌplɪŋ/noun, verb
coupling is spelled C-O-U-P-L-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coupling means “The act of joining together to form a couple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coupling is couplings.
How many letters and syllables are in coupling?
| Letters | 8: C-O-U-P-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is coupling?
Coupling appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th 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 coupling?
- /ˈkʌplɪŋ/
Coupling has 2 syllables (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-coupling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of coupling
- couplings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coupling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of joining together to form a couple.
- 2
A device that couples two things together.
- 3
The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- 4
A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- 5
The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- 6
An act of sexual intercourse.
- 7
A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of couple
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coupling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Verbindung, Verkupplung , Kupplung, Koppler , Kopplung |
| Spanish | enganche, acoplamiento, entronque , acoplador, juntura |
| French | dépendance |
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 coupling come from?
From Middle English couplynge; equivalent to couple + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).