coffee

\ˈkɔ.fi\

/\ˈkɔ.fi\/ noun

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The verdict

“coffee” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,521
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-coffee · coffee · French

coffee · rank #22,521 · 6 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,521
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cobalt

Nearest frequency peer: cobalt (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « coffee »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « coffee » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coffee vs Corée
33% similar
coffee vs cotée
50% similar
coffee vs coffre
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coffee
PropertyValue
Headwordcoffee
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɔ.fi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,521
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coffee »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).coffeese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cobalt » (#22,520), « colo » (#22,522), « coachs » (#22,519). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coffee » est au #22,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around coffee (IPA \ˈkɔ.fi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,521 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for coffee, with forms such as "ccoffee", "cfofee", and "cofee". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Corée", "cotée", "coffre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coffee, spelled C-O-F-F-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Café.
  2. 2
    Tasse de café.
  3. 3
    Café.
  4. 4
    Caféier.
  5. 5
    Marron, café. #6F4E37

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how coffee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk.

Synonyms

jamokejavajoecoffee beancoffee tree

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoffee
  • cfofee
  • cofee
  • cofefe
  • coffe
  • ocffee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coffee - 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.

ccoffee1cfofee2cofee1cofefe2coffe1ocffee2
Edit distance from "coffee"

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 "coffee"?
"coffee" is spelled C-O-F-F-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɔ.fi\.
What does "coffee" mean?
As a noun, "coffee" means: Café.
What words are commonly confused with "coffee"?
"coffee" is commonly confused with "Corée", "cotée", "coffre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coffee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coffee" is \ˈkɔ.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coffee" come from?
"coffee" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cobalt#22,520coachs#22,519citent#22,515cougar#22,532

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

assoit6 variantsarrose6 variantsanale6 variantsGreta6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list