coquet

\kɔ.kɛ\

/\kɔ.kɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“coquet” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,248. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,248
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui use de coquetterie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coquet · coquet · French

coquet · rank #42,248 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,248
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contribueront

Nearest frequency peer: contribueront (-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 « coquet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coquet » 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).

coquet vs coût
50% similar
coquet vs court
67% similar
coquet vs count
67% similar

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

Key facts for coquet
PropertyValue
Headwordcoquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,248
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coquet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coquetse 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 « contribueront » (#42,247), « cosmologie » (#42,249), « contrecœur » (#42,246). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coquet » est au #42,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around coquet (IPA \kɔ.kɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,248 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coquet, with forms such as "ccoquet", "coqeut", and "coqquet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coût", "court", "count", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coquet, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui use de coquetterie.
  2. 2
    Qui est recherché dans sa toilette.
  3. 3
    Qui a un aspect élégant, plaisant.
  4. 4
    Assez élevée, en parlant d’une somme d’argent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] tu as été coquette à froid, et cette coquetterie-là, c’est l’amour de tête, le vice le plus affreux de la Française.
  2. Elle résolut alors de lutter avec sa rivale […] de feindre pour son mari un amour qu’elle ne pouvait plus éprouver […] d’être coquette avec lui comme le sont ces capricieuses maîtresses qui se font un plaisir de tourmenter leurs amants.

This word in other languages

coquettish(English)coqueta(Español)kokett(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoquet
  • coqeut
  • coqquet
  • coquett
  • coqute
  • couqet
  • cqouet
  • ocquet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoquet1coqeut2coqquet1coquett1coqute2couqet2cqouet2ocquet2
Edit distance from "coquet"

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 "coquet"?
"coquet" is spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kɛ\.
What does "coquet" mean?
As an adjective, "coquet" means: Qui use de coquetterie.
What words are commonly confused with "coquet"?
"coquet" is commonly confused with "coût", "court", "count". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coquet" is \kɔ.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coquet" come from?
"coquet" 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 "coquet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

coelho#42,233dahlia#42,271cassin#42,220cambre#42,213

Similar misspelling depth

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

crest8 variantscassait8 variantscapella8 variantsdiodes8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list