coin-coin
\kwɛ̃.kwɛ̃\
The verdict
“coin-coin” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an onomatopoeia - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Onomatopée imitant le cri du canard.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coin-coin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Onomatopoeia |
| IPA | \kwɛ̃.kwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coin-coin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coin-coin is 9 letters long, classified as an onomatopoeia, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kwɛ̃.kwɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Onomatopée imitant le cri du canard.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coin-coin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is coin-coin, spelled C-O-I-N---C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Onomatopée imitant le cri du canard.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coin-coin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-I-N---C-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kwɛ̃.kwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.