# coupon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkuːˌpɒn/ · frequency rank #8,773

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
3. A 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.
4. Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
5. The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
6. A person's face.
7. A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.

## Etymology
From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).

## Easily confused with
- **coups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupon-vs-coups)
- **cousin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupon-vs-cousin)
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coup-vs-coupon)
- **coon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-coupon)
- **colon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colon-vs-coupon)
- **coupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupe-vs-coupon)
- **common** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/common-vs-coupon)
- **couple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-coupon)
- **cotton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotton-vs-coupon)
- **Colton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-coupon)
- **cordon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cordon-vs-coupon)
- **cocoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocoon-vs-coupon)
- **Condon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condon-vs-coupon)
- **Conlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-coupon)
- **Colson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colson-vs-coupon)
- **Compton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compton-vs-coupon)
- **Coulson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulson-vs-coupon)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccoupon`, `copuon`, `couopn`, `coupno`, `couponn`, `couppon`, `cuopon`, `ocupon`

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