beaucoups

\boʊ.ˈkuz\

/\boʊ.ˈkuz\/ noun

The verdict

“beaucoups” is uncommon French (frequency #56,444 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,444
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de beaucoup.

Corpus desk

Index FR-beaucoups · beaucoups · French

beaucoups · rank #56,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,444
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beatriz

Nearest frequency peer: Beatriz (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « beaucoups »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « beaucoups » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beaucoups
PropertyValue
Headwordbeaucoups
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\boʊ.ˈkuz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « beaucoups » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.beaucoupstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Beatriz » (#56,443), « benêt » (#56,445), « bcbg » (#56,442). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « beaucoups » est au #56,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beaucoups is uncommon French at frequency #56,444 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \boʊ.ˈkuz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de beaucoup.".

beaucoups doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is beaucoups, spelled B-E-A-U-C-O-U-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de beaucoup.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beaucoups"?
"beaucoups" is spelled B-E-A-U-C-O-U-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \boʊ.ˈkuz\.
What does "beaucoups" mean?
As a noun, "beaucoups" means: Pluriel de beaucoup.
How do you pronounce "beaucoups"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beaucoups" is \boʊ.ˈkuz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beaucoups" come from?
"beaucoups" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beaucoups", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list