copains

\kɔ.pɛ̃\

/\kɔ.pɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“copains” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,930
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-copains · copains · French

copains · rank #4,930 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,930
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH courts

Nearest frequency peer: courts (+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 « copains »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « copains » 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).

copains vs copies
71% similar
copains vs crains
71% similar
copains vs cousins
71% similar

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

Key facts for copains
PropertyValue
Headwordcopains
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.pɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,930
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « copains »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.copainsse 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 « courts » (#4,931), « contribuer » (#4,928), « dignité » (#4,932). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « copains » est au #4,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around copains (IPA \kɔ.pɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,930 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de copain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for copains, with forms such as "ccopains", "coapins", and "copainns". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "copies", "crains", "cousins", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 copains, spelled C-O-P-A-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de copain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est pourquoi José n’avait pas compris grand-chose aux raisons fournies par Esprit et qui voulaient qu’on épargnât Castagnier, meurtrier de ses copains, ses copains qui avaient eu confiance en lui.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccopains
  • coapins
  • copainns
  • copainss
  • copaisn
  • copanis
  • copians
  • coppains
  • cpoains
  • ocpains

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of copains - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccopains1coapins2copainns1copainss1copaisn2copanis2copians2coppains1
Edit distance from "copains"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dignité#4,932désigne#4,935figures#4,940germain#4,945

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

French10 variantsindiens10 variantsautonome10 variantsmentale10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list