coquin

\kɔ.kɛ̃\

/\kɔ.kɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“coquin” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,892
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui a un caractère vil, qui est capable de friponneries, de vols, d’actions déshonnêtes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coquin · coquin · French

coquin · rank #14,892 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,892
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conventionnel

Nearest frequency peer: conventionnel (-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 « coquin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coquin » 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).

coquin vs Cousin
50% similar
coquin vs corbin
67% similar
coquin vs coquine
86% similar

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

Key facts for coquin
PropertyValue
Headwordcoquin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.kɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,892
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coquin »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coquinse 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 « conventionnel » (#14,891), « correspondances » (#14,893), « continua » (#14,890). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coquin » est au #14,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around coquin (IPA \kɔ.kɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,892 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coquin, with forms such as "ccoquin", "coqiun", and "coqquin". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Cousin", "corbin", "coquine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coquin, spelled C-O-Q-U-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui a un caractère vil, qui est capable de friponneries, de vols, d’actions déshonnêtes.
  2. 2
    Celui qui est débauché, qui a beaucoup d’amants ou de maitresses.
  3. 3
    Amant habile au jeu de la séduction et de l’amour.
  4. 4
    Celui qui a de la chance.
  5. 5
    Personne espiègle avec un regard malin.
  6. 6
    Enfant vif et espiègle.
  7. 7
    Terme adressé par affection, à un enfant ou un animal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je veux vous donner un bon conseil : cet homme qui vous sert de guide est un fieffé coquin, il est connu pour tel dans toutes les prairies de l’Ouest ; je me trompe fort, ou il vous fera tomber dans quelque guet-apens.
  2. Hervé entrevoyait déjà la vérité. Évidemment, il s'agissait d'une tentative de chantage. L'auteur de la lettre était un coquin et le monsieur qu'il menaçait ne valait pas mieux que lui.

This word in other languages

rascal(English)pícaro(Español)Frechdachs(Deutsch)safado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoquin
  • coqiun
  • coqquin
  • coquinn
  • coquni
  • couqin
  • cqouin
  • ocquin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoquin1coqiun2coqquin1coquinn1coquni2couqin2cqouin2ocquin2
Edit distance from "coquin"

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 "coquin"?
"coquin" is spelled C-O-Q-U-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kɛ̃\.
What does "coquin" mean?
As a noun, "coquin" means: Celui qui a un caractère vil, qui est capable de friponneries, de vols, d’actions déshonnêtes.
What words are commonly confused with "coquin"?
"coquin" is commonly confused with "Cousin", "corbin", "coquine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coquin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coquin" is \kɔ.kɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coquin" come from?
"coquin" 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 "coquin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

craque#14,897curtis#14,903chaton#14,880cartel#14,878

Similar misspelling depth

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

capote8 variantsBernie8 variantsananas8 variantsamiable8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list