coïter
\kɔ.i.te\
The verdict
“coïter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratiquer l’acte sexuel, s’accoupler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coiter · coïter · French
coïter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coïter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ.i.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coïter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coïter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ.i.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pratiquer l’acte sexuel, s’accoupler.".
Zero misspellings are on record for coïter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coïter, spelled C-O-Ï-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pratiquer l’acte sexuel, s’accoupler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coïter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D'ailleurs, n'y a-t-il pas nombre de femmes qui coïtent et ont leur part d'orgasme sans que l'on s'occupe de leur clitoris?
En 2003, j’écrivais : « Dans son Art de conjuguer 12 000 verbes, Bescherelle a oublié le verbe coïter. La réputation des Français serait-elle surfaite ? » Or, je viens tout juste de me procurer la dernière édition de cet ouvrage et, oh stupeur, on y retrouve à la page 201 le verbe intransitif en question. Voilà qui va certainement aider ma candidature à l…
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