copie
\kɔ.pi\
The verdict
“copie” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,245 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,245
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de copier.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | copie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.pi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “copie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for copie is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.pi\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,245 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for copie, with forms such as "ccopie", "coipe", and "copei". 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, "CPE", "CPI", "côte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is copie, spelled C-O-P-I-E.
Definition
- 1Action de copier.
- 2Double fait d’après un original.
- 3Reproduction d’un ouvrage d’art.
- 4Simple imitation, emprunt, plagiat.
- 5Imitateur, personne qui reproduit ou imite les manières d’une autre.
- 6Tout écrit destiné à être reproduit.
- 7Tout écrit destiné à être reproduit.
- 8Devoir que l’écolier remet au professeur et qui, en général, est la transcription au net d’une première élaboration.
- 9Feuille de papier fabriquée pour un tel usage (ce sens est utilisé essentiellement dans les locutions copie simple et copie double).
- 10Moule d'épaisseur différente de grandes tartes aux fruits ou au riz, appelées roues de charrette ou encore gâteaux de Verviers, divisibles et vendues en quart ou en huitième. Il existe aussi des demi-copies, des doubles-copies et même des triples-copies pour certains gâteaux épais.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccopie,coipe,copei,coppie,cpoie,ocpie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of copie - 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.
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.
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Using “copie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-P-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.pi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CPE” - see the side-by-side comparison. copie vs CPE
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.