coquelicot

\kɔ.kli.ko\

/\kɔ.kli.ko\/ noun

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The verdict

“coquelicot” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,396
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fleur principalement rouge, composée de quatre pétales d’aspect froissé, de la famille des papavéracées, garnissant souvent les talus, les terrains vagues, les décombres et les champs de blé (flora...

Corpus desk

Index FR-coquelicot · coquelicot · French

coquelicot · rank #44,396 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #44,396
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convaincra

Nearest frequency peer: convaincra (-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 « coquelicot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coquelicot » 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).

coquelicot vs coquelicots
91% similar

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

Key facts for coquelicot
PropertyValue
Headwordcoquelicot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.kli.ko\
Letters10
Frequency rank#44,396
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coquelicot »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coquelicotse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « convaincra » (#44,395), « Corleone » (#44,397), « construisait » (#44,394). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coquelicot » est au #44,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around coquelicot (IPA \kɔ.kli.ko\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,396 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for coquelicot, with forms such as "ccoquelicot", "coqeulicot", and "coqquelicot". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "coquelicots", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coquelicot, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-L-I-C-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fleur principalement rouge, composée de quatre pétales d’aspect froissé, de la famille des papavéracées, garnissant souvent les talus, les terrains vagues, les décombres et les champs de blé (floraison de mai à juillet), de nom scientifique Papaver rhoeas.
  2. 2
    Nom que l’on donne à une autre papavéracée.
  3. 3
    Bonbon de couleur rouge.
  4. 4
    Épingle représentant un coquelicot, portée par la population en souvenir des membres des forces militaires canadiennes morts ou blessés au combat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les plantes signalées comme nuisibles aux récoltes, sont en première ligne le chiendent qui est répandu partout, et le chardon (Cirsium arvense) dont la présence est l’indice d’un sol pierreux, ensuite la trainasse (Polygonum aviculare), le coquelicot, le panais sauvage, le liseret (Convulvulus arvensis), la nielle, le séné bâtard ou raveluche (sinapis),…
  2. coquelicot. Repos. — Le coquelicot des champs repose agréablement la vue et fait ressortir la couleur blonde des épis qui l’environnent; sa vertu narcotique en a fait l’emblème du repos.

Synonyms

ponceau

This word in other languages

poppy(English)amapola(Español)Klatschmohn(Deutsch)papoila(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoquelicot
  • coqeulicot
  • coqquelicot
  • coqueilcot
  • coquelciot
  • coqueliccot
  • coquelicott
  • coquelicto
  • coquelioct
  • coquellicot
  • coquleicot
  • couqelicot
  • cqouelicot
  • ocquelicot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coquelicot - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccoquelicot1coqeulicot2coqquelicot1coqueilcot2coquelciot2coqueliccot1coquelicott1coquelicto2
Edit distance from "coquelicot"

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 "coquelicot"?
"coquelicot" is spelled C-O-Q-U-E-L-I-C-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kli.ko\.
What does "coquelicot" mean?
As a noun, "coquelicot" means: Fleur principalement rouge, composée de quatre pétales d’aspect froissé, de la famille des papavéracées, garnissant souvent les talus, les terrains vagues, les décombres et les champs de blé (flora...
What words are commonly confused with "coquelicot"?
"coquelicot" is commonly confused with "coquelicots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coquelicot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coquelicot" is \kɔ.kli.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coquelicot" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

constable14 variantsdiplômées14 variantscitrouilles14 variantschâtaigne14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list