coquilles
\kɔ.kij\
The verdict
“coquilles” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,247
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de coquille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coquilles · coquilles · French
coquilles · rank #19,247 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,247
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contravention
Nearest frequency peer: contravention (-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 « coquilles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- constatant
constatant
80,758 corpus weight
- contraventi…
contravention
80,755 corpus weight
- coquilles
coquilles
80,754 corpus weight
- couplet
couplet
80,753 corpus weight
- cubain
cubain
80,752 corpus weight
- cueillir
cueillir
80,751 corpus weight
What this shows « coquilles » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coquilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.kij\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coquilles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around coquilles (IPA \kɔ.kij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,247 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de coquille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for coquilles, with forms such as "ccoquilles", "coqiulles", and "coqquilles". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "couille", "couilles", "coquines", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coquilles, spelled C-O-Q-U-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de coquille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coquilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rô, qui faisait de la chair des pauvres gens qu’elle surprenait chaque jour, de coutumières ripailles, n’était pas seulement une redoutable ennemie, mais, douée par surcroît d’une subtile intelligence et d’une perversion inexplicable, elle savait tendre aux riverains de la côte, pièges et trébuchets, afin qu’y tombassent les imprudents égarés loin du bour…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccoquilles
- coqiulles
- coqquilles
- coquilels
- coquiles
- coquilless
- coquillse
- coquliles
- couqilles
- cqouilles
- ocquilles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coquilles - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).