coque
\kɔk\
The verdict
“coque” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,042 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,042
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enveloppe extérieure de l’œuf.
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 | coque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coque” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coque is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔk\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,042 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 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 coque, with forms such as "ccoque", "coqeu", and "coqque". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cou", "coup", "cour", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coque, spelled C-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Enveloppe extérieure de l’œuf.
- 2Symbole de la naissance.
- 3Cocon où se renferment le ver à soie et autres chrysalides d’insectes qui filent.
- 4Nom donné à diverses espèces de coquillages (en particulier, en France, la coque commune, ou coque comestible).
- 5Enveloppe protectrice.
- 6Enveloppe des bordages, corps du bateau, abstraction faite du gréement et de la mâture.
- 7Petites pièces de fer qui servent à conduire le pêne d’une serrure. Crampon sur la platine d’un verrou à ressort ou d’un loqueteau.
- 8Enveloppe ligneuse de certains fruits.
- 9Œufs de poisson de mer que l’on emploie pour amorcer les filets avec lesquels on pêche les sardines.
- 10Coque du Levant, drupe dont la déhiscence a lieu avec élasticité, à cause d’un ressort membraneux situé à sa base.
- 11Faux pli qui se fait à une corde trop forte et qu’on n'a pas pris soin de détordre.
- 12Arrangement de rubans ou de cheveux disposés en forme de coque.
- 13Emballage thermoformé assurant la présentation et la protection d’un produit.
- 14Protection souvent décorative, d’un téléphone portable, que l’on peut remplacer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoque,coqeu,coqque,couqe,cqoue,ocque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coque - 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 “coque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cou” - see the side-by-side comparison. coque vs cou
- 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.