coupon
/ˈkuːˌpɒn/
"coupon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coupon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,773
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coupon · coupon · English
coupon · rank #8,773 · 8 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,773
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH correspondent
Nearest frequency peer: correspondent (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “coupon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- coral
coral
91,231 corpus weight
- correlation
correlation
91,230 corpus weight
- corresponde…
correspondent
91,229 corpus weight
- coupon
coupon
91,228 corpus weight
- COVID
COVID
91,227 corpus weight
- crosses
crosses
91,226 corpus weight
What this shows “coupon” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “coupon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around coupon (IPA /ˈkuːˌpɒn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,773 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coupon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).