copie

/\kɔ.pi\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,245

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

copie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de copier. Pronounced \kɔ.pi\. It ranks #3,245 in French word frequency. Often confused with CPE and CPI.

Key facts for copie
PropertyValue
Headwordcopie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.pi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,245
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of copie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for copie is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for copie, with forms such as "ccopie", "coipe", and "copei". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is copie, spelled C-O-P-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de copier.
  2. 2
    Double fait d’après un original.
  3. 3
    Reproduction d’un ouvrage d’art.
  4. 4
    Simple imitation, emprunt, plagiat.
  5. 5
    Imitateur, personne qui reproduit ou imite les manières d’une autre.
  6. 6
    Tout écrit destiné à être reproduit.
  7. 7
    Tout écrit destiné à être reproduit.
  8. 8
    Devoir que l’écolier remet au professeur et qui, en général, est la transcription au net d’une première élaboration.
  9. 9
    Feuille de papier fabriquée pour un tel usage (ce sens est utilisé essentiellement dans les locutions copie simple et copie double).
  10. 10
    Moule 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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccopie,coipe,copei,coppie,cpoie,ocpie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for copie

Misspelling Variants of "copie"

ccopie6coipe5copei5coppie6cpoie5ocpie5
Misspelling Variants of "copie"

Frequency rank: #3,245 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "copie"?
"copie" is spelled C-O-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.pi\.
What does "copie" mean?
As a noun, "copie" means: Action de copier.
What words are commonly confused with "copie"?
"copie" is commonly confused with "CPE", "CPI", "côte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "copie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "copie" is \kɔ.pi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "copie" come from?
"copie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.