coques

\kɔk\

/\kɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“coques” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,585
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de coque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coques · coques · French

coques · rank #16,585 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,585
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contrées

Nearest frequency peer: contrées (-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 « coques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coques » 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).

coques vs cous
67% similar
coques vs cours
67% similar
coques vs coups
67% similar

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

Key facts for coques
PropertyValue
Headwordcoques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,585
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coques »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coquesse 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 « contrées » (#16,584), « coudes » (#16,586), « construisent » (#16,583). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coques » est au #16,585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around coques (IPA \kɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,585 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de coque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coques, with forms such as "ccoques", "coqeus", and "coqques". 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, "cous", "cours", "coups", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coques, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de coque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle était demeurée longtemps debout devant ces hautes coques dont les hublots laissaient voir l’intérieur des cabines éclairées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoques
  • coqeus
  • coqques
  • coquess
  • coquse
  • couqes
  • cqoues
  • ocques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccoques1coqeus2coqques1coquess1coquse2couqes2cqoues2ocques2
Edit distance from "coques"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coudes#16,586Danube#16,589chelou#16,570dégueu#16,603

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Coderre8 variantscatch8 variantsenvoya8 variantsEstelle8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list