coquette

\kɔ.kɛt\

/\kɔ.kɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“coquette” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,679
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-coquette · coquette · French

coquette · rank #26,679 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,679
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consumer

Nearest frequency peer: consumer (-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 « coquette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coquette » 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).

coquette vs couette
88% similar
coquette vs Cosette
63% similar
coquette vs corvette
75% similar

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

Key facts for coquette
PropertyValue
Headwordcoquette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.kɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,679
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coquette »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coquettese 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 « consumer » (#26,678), « correspondantes » (#26,680), « constitutions » (#26,677). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coquette » est au #26,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around coquette (IPA \kɔ.kɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,679 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for coquette, with forms such as "ccoquette", "coqeutte", and "coqquette". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "couette", "Cosette", "corvette", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coquette, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui use de coquetterie.
  2. 2
    Boîte à herborisation.
  3. 3
    Variété de laitue.
  4. 4
    Cultivar de pommier, et pommes de celui-ci.
  5. 5
    Nom vernaculaire de plusieurs espèces de poissons marins.
  6. 6
    Synonyme de zeuzère du poirier (papillon).
  7. 7
    Nom vernaculaire regroupant seize espèces de deux genres (Lophornis et Discosura) de très petits oiseaux nectarivores de la sous-famille des trochilinés (colibris véritables, etc.). Ces espèces sont caractérisées par leur taille souvent minuscule, et surtout par leurs plumes ornementales souvent spectaculaires telles huppes érectiles touffues, aigrettes, hackles, raquettes, filoplumes caudales très longues, etc. Les coquettes sont souvent grégaires, et propres aux forêts tropicales de l'écozone néotropicale.
  8. 8
    Mouche coquette, grain de beauté factice placé auprès des lèvres.
  9. 9
    Pénis.
  10. 10
    Testicule

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur les épaules et sur les bras, une coquette jette de la poudre de riz parfumée, et pour que cette poudre ne s’envole pas il faut qu’elle ait le concours du cold-cream, ou de quelque pâte savante.
  2. Comme rien n’est solide comme une réputation usurpée, Mme Lescalle était devenue l’oracle de toutes les coquettes de La Ciotat, ses jugements faisaient loi, jusque chez la femme du maire et chez les Richer de Montlouis, la grande autorité et la grande fortune du pays.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoquette
  • coqeutte
  • coqquette
  • coquete
  • coquetet
  • coqutete
  • couqette
  • cqouette
  • ocquette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coquette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccoquette1coqeutte2coqquette1coquete1coquetet2coqutete2couqette2cqouette2
Edit distance from "coquette"

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 "coquette"?
"coquette" is spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kɛt\.
What does "coquette" mean?
As a noun, "coquette" means: Femme qui use de coquetterie.
What words are commonly confused with "coquette"?
"coquette" is commonly confused with "couette", "Cosette", "corvette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coquette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coquette" is \kɔ.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coquette" come from?
"coquette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list