coins

\kwɛ̃\

/\kwɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“coins” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,842
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-coins · coins · French

coins · rank #5,842 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,842
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chercheur

Nearest frequency peer: chercheur (-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 « coins »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coins » 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).

coins vs con
60% similar
coins vs cons
80% similar
coins vs Cris
40% similar

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

Key facts for coins
PropertyValue
Headwordcoins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,842
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coins »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coinsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chercheur » (#5,841), « collaborateurs » (#5,843), « chauffage » (#5,840). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coins » est au #5,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around coins (IPA \kwɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,842 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de coin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for coins, with forms such as "ccoins", "cions", and "coinns". 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, "con", "cons", "Cris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coins, spelled C-O-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de coin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais quand tout fut fini, les magnats accoururent des quatre coins de la Pologne, en qualité de sauveurs de la patrie. Les sauveurs sont la plaie des révolutions populaires.
  2. Il donna une pichenette à une étiquette rectangulaire en métal reliée au poignet du cadavre par une attache autobloquante noire ; le numéro était estampé dans un des coins.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoins
  • cions
  • coinns
  • coinss
  • coisn
  • conis
  • ocins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coins - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccoins1cions2coinns1coinss1coisn2conis2ocins2
Edit distance from "coins"

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 "coins"?
"coins" is spelled C-O-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kwɛ̃\.
What does "coins" mean?
As a noun, "coins" means: Pluriel de coin.
What words are commonly confused with "coins"?
"coins" is commonly confused with "con", "cons", "Cris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coins" is \kwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coins" come from?
"coins" 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 "coins", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

testé#5,821foire#5,869réglé#5,808Jason#5,880

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

attiré7 variantsjouait7 variantslabel7 variantsnommer7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list