coquins

\kɔ.kɛ̃\

/\kɔ.kɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“coquins” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,316
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de coquin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coquins · coquins · French

coquins · rank #26,316 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,316
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conviens

Nearest frequency peer: conviens (-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 « coquins »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coquins » 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).

coquins vs cousins
71% similar
coquins vs croquis
71% similar
coquins vs coins
71% similar

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

Key facts for coquins
PropertyValue
Headwordcoquins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.kɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,316
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coquins »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coquinsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conviens » (#26,315), « cousines » (#26,317), « conversions » (#26,314). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coquins » est au #26,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around coquins (IPA \kɔ.kɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,316 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de coquin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for coquins, with forms such as "ccoquins", "coqiuns", and "coqquins". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cousins", "croquis", "coins", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coquins, spelled C-O-Q-U-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de coquin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoquins
  • coqiuns
  • coqquins
  • coquinns
  • coquinss
  • coquisn
  • coqunis
  • couqins
  • cqouins
  • ocquins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoquins1coqiuns2coqquins1coquinns1coquinss1coquisn2coqunis2couqins2
Edit distance from "coquins"

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 "coquins"?
"coquins" is spelled C-O-Q-U-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kɛ̃\.
What does "coquins" mean?
As an adjective, "coquins" means: Masculin pluriel de coquin.
What words are commonly confused with "coquins"?
"coquins" is commonly confused with "cousins", "croquis", "coins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coquins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coquins" is \kɔ.kɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coquins" come from?
"coquins" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Clooney#26,300déloger#26,336Cardiff#26,290capotes#26,289

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

cèdent10 variantsdesservi10 variantsBourdieu10 variantsbianchi10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list