coffret

/\kɔ.fʁɛ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,733

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

coffret is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit coffre. Pronounced \kɔ.fʁɛ\. Often confused with concret and coffrets.

Key facts for coffret
PropertyValue
Headwordcoffret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.fʁɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,733
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of coffret in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for coffret is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.fʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,733 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Petit coffre.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for coffret, with forms such as "ccoffret", "cfofret", and "coffert". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "concret", "coffrets", "coffre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is coffret, spelled C-O-F-F-R-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit coffre.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoffret,cfofret,coffert,coffrett,coffrret,coffrte,cofret,cofrfet,ocffret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coffret

Misspelling Variants of "coffret"

ccoffret8cfofret7coffert7coffrett8coffrret8coffrte7cofret6cofrfet7
Misspelling Variants of "coffret"

Frequency rank: #11,733 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coffret"?
"coffret" is spelled C-O-F-F-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.fʁɛ\.
What does "coffret" mean?
As a noun, "coffret" means: Petit coffre.
What words are commonly confused with "coffret"?
"coffret" is commonly confused with "concret", "coffrets", "coffre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coffret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coffret" is \kɔ.fʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coffret" come from?
"coffret" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.