coque

\kɔk\

/\kɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“coque” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,042
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enveloppe extérieure de l’œuf.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coque · coque · French

coque · rank #7,042 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,042
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH copies

Nearest frequency peer: copies (-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 « coque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coque » 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).

coque vs cou
60% similar
coque vs coup
60% similar
coque vs cour
60% similar

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

Key facts for coque
PropertyValue
Headwordcoque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,042
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coque »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « copies » (#7,041), « couvent » (#7,043), « consulté » (#7,040). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coque » est au #7,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around coque (IPA \kɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,042 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Enveloppe extérieure de l’œuf.
  2. 2
    Symbole de la naissance.
  3. 3
    Cocon où se renferment le ver à soie et autres chrysalides d’insectes qui filent.
  4. 4
    Nom donné à diverses espèces de coquillages (en particulier, en France, la coque commune, ou coque comestible).
  5. 5
    Enveloppe protectrice.
  6. 6
    Enveloppe des bordages, corps du bateau, abstraction faite du gréement et de la mâture.
  7. 7
    Petites 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.
  8. 8
    Enveloppe ligneuse de certains fruits.
  9. 9
    Œufs de poisson de mer que l’on emploie pour amorcer les filets avec lesquels on pêche les sardines.
  10. 10
    Coque du Levant, drupe dont la déhiscence a lieu avec élasticité, à cause d’un ressort membraneux situé à sa base.
  11. 11
    Faux pli qui se fait à une corde trop forte et qu’on n'a pas pris soin de détordre.
  12. 12
    Arrangement de rubans ou de cheveux disposés en forme de coque.
  13. 13
    Emballage thermoformé assurant la présentation et la protection d’un produit.
  14. 14
    Protection souvent décorative, d’un téléphone portable, que l’on peut remplacer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les perdreaux courent au sortir de la coque.
  2. Le poussin becquetait déjà la coque.

This word in other languages

shell(English)cáscara(Español)Schale(Deutsch)concha(Português)

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.

ccoque1coqeu2coqque1couqe2cqoue2ocque2
Edit distance from "coque"

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 "coque"?
"coque" is spelled C-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔk\.
What does "coque" mean?
As a noun, "coque" means: Enveloppe extérieure de l’œuf.
What words are commonly confused with "coque"?
"coque" is commonly confused with "cou", "coup", "cour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coque" is \kɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coque" come from?
"coque" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crash#7,044autel#7,030encre#7,055foncé#7,058

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

âgés6 variantssiens6 variantssaine6 variantsoubli6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list