coquebin
\kɔ.kə.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“coquebin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune homme nigaud, innocent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coquebin · coquebin · French
coquebin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coquebin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.kə.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coquebin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coquebin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.kə.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune homme nigaud, innocent.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coquebin in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 coquebin, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1Jeune homme nigaud, innocent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coquebin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle n’en revint que pour lui prodiguer diverses espèces de railleries, accompagnées tantôt du rire chevalin, tantôt du rire pouffant. « Tu n’es pourtant plus de la première, première jeunesse… Tu n’es pas un coquebin… Ni un névropathe… Ni, Dieu merci, un mal bâti… »
Par comparaison, c’est moi qui avais l’air d’un coquebin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.