coince

\kwɛ̃s\

/\kwɛ̃s\/ verb

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The verdict

“coince” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,932. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,932
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe coincer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coince · coince · French

coince · rank #25,932 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,932
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cocu

Nearest frequency peer: cocu (-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 « coince »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coince » 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).

coince vs conçu
50% similar
coince vs conte
67% similar
coince vs coins
67% similar

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

Key facts for coince
PropertyValue
Headwordcoince
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kwɛ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,932
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coince »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).coincese 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 « cocu » (#25,931), « collation » (#25,933), « cocon » (#25,930). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coince » est au #25,932. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around coince (IPA \kwɛ̃s\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,932 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coince, with forms such as "ccoince", "cionce", and "coicne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "conçu", "conte", "coins", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coince, spelled C-O-I-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe coincer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe coincer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe coincer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe coincer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe coincer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoince
  • cionce
  • coicne
  • coincce
  • coinec
  • coinnce
  • conice
  • ocince

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coince - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccoince1cionce2coicne2coincce1coinec2coinnce1conice2ocince2
Edit distance from "coince"

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 "coince"?
"coince" is spelled C-O-I-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kwɛ̃s\.
What does "coince" mean?
As a verb, "coince" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe coincer.
What words are commonly confused with "coince"?
"coince" is commonly confused with "conçu", "conte", "coins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coince"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coince" is \kwɛ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coince" come from?
"coince" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Collin#25,935Ciotti#25,926chéris#25,925cahors#25,917

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

calotte8 variantsBondy8 variantsBoileau8 variantsbavure8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list