couché
\ku.ʃe\
The verdict
“couché” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,487
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allongé sur un lit, généralement pour dormir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couche · couché · French
couché · rank #6,487 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,487
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH coordonnées
Nearest frequency peer: coordonnées (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “couché”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- concentre
concentre
93,517 corpus weight
- confortable
confortable
93,516 corpus weight
- coordonnées
coordonnées
93,515 corpus weight
- couché
couché
93,514 corpus weight
- Crie
Crie
93,513 corpus weight
- créés
créés
93,512 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “couché” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | couché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ku.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “couché” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around couché (IPA \ku.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,487 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for couché, with forms such as "ccouché", "cocuhé", and "coucché". 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, "coupe", "coûte", "coule", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is couché, spelled C-O-U-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Allongé sur un lit, généralement pour dormir.
- 2Incliné, penché.
- 3Recouvert de plusieurs couches.
- 4Inscrit, écrit, enregistré sur un support.
- 5Se dit d'un quadrupède représenté avec les pattes repliées sous le corps. À rapprocher de dormant, embarroqué, en forme, en repos et gisant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec sa grippe, il est resté couché toute la journée.
J’ai vu un bateau couché sur le flanc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccouché
- cocuhé
- coucché
- couche
- couchhé
- coucéh
- couhcé
- cuoché
- ocuché
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couché - 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.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "couché", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "couché". Here's where to go from here.
- "couché" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "coupe". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,487 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.