coupon
/ˈkuːˌpɒn/
"coupon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coupon” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,773 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,773
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coupon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkuːˌpɒn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coupon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for coupon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkuːˌpɒn/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,773 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coupon, with forms such as "ccoupon", "copuon", and "couopn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "coups", "cousin", "coup", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”). The correct English form is coupon, spelled C-O-U-P-O-N.
Definition
- 1A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
- 2A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
- 3A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
- 4Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
- 5The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
- 6A person's face.
- 7A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.
Etymology
From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoupon,copuon,couopn,coupno,couponn,couppon,cuopon,ocupon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coupon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “coupon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-U-P-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkuːˌpɒn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “coups” - see the side-by-side comparison. coupon vs coups
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.