coiffant

\kwa.fɑ̃\

/\kwa.fɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“coiffant” is uncommon French (frequency #66,598 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,598
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie basse d’une toque ou d’un chapeau de femme, à l’endroit où il s’ajuste autour de la tête.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coiffant · coiffant · French

coiffant · rank #66,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,598
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coffrer

Nearest frequency peer: coffrer (-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 « coiffant »

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 « coiffant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for coiffant
PropertyValue
Headwordcoiffant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwa.fɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,598
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « coiffant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coiffanttombe 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: « coffrer » (#66,597), « coffin » (#66,596), « collégialité » (#66,600). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coiffant » est au #66,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coiffant is uncommon French at frequency #66,598 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kwa.fɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for coiffant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is coiffant, spelled C-O-I-F-F-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie basse d’une toque ou d’un chapeau de femme, à l’endroit où il s’ajuste autour de la tête.
  2. 2
    Produit coiffant, destiné à fixer ou embellir une coiffure, faciliter le coiffage.
  3. 3
    Volume donné à une coiffure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le brusque revirement du coiffant de nos chapeaux a bouleversé du même coup le style de nos cheveux. Mais la Femme est-elle jamais embarrassée lorsque pareil cas se présente ? Comme par enchantement, elle s’est trouvée coiffée exactement comme la ligne des chapeaux nouveaux le demandait.
  2. Fermer le ruban de gros grain à la mesure du tour de tête, le placer sur la calotte de bois, en lui donnant la forme du coiffant désiré, c'est-à-dire plongeant au milieu du front et se dégageant du côté gauche.

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 "coiffant"?
"coiffant" is spelled C-O-I-F-F-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kwa.fɑ̃\.
What does "coiffant" mean?
As a noun, "coiffant" means: Partie basse d’une toque ou d’un chapeau de femme, à l’endroit où il s’ajuste autour de la tête.
How do you pronounce "coiffant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coiffant" is \kwa.fɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

copieuse#66,618cossette#66,622cassures#66,572croisais#66,632

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list