coquelicot

/\kɔ.kli.ko\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,396

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

coquelicot is aFrenchnoun. It 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... Pronounced \kɔ.kli.ko\. Often confused with coquelicots.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for coquelicot is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.kli.ko\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,396 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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", 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 coquelicot, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-L-I-C-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoquelicot,coqeulicot,coqquelicot,coqueilcot,coquelciot,coqueliccot,coquelicott,coquelicto,coquelioct,coquellicot,coquleicot,couqelicot,cqouelicot,ocquelicot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coquelicot

Misspelling Variants of "coquelicot"

ccoquelicot11coqeulicot10coqquelicot11coqueilcot10coquelciot10coqueliccot11coquelicott11coquelicto10
Misspelling Variants of "coquelicot"

Frequency rank: #44,396 in French

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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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.