coucher

\ku.ʃe\

/\ku.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“coucher” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,271
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendre de son long sur la terre, sur un lit, etc., mettre quelque chose en position horizontale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coucher · coucher · French

coucher · rank #2,271 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,271
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH correspond

Nearest frequency peer: correspond (-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 « coucher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coucher » 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).

coucher vs couper
71% similar
coucher vs couler
71% similar
coucher vs coûter
57% similar

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

Key facts for coucher
PropertyValue
Headwordcoucher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ku.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,271
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coucher »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).coucherse 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 « correspond » (#2,270), « crée » (#2,272), « conversation » (#2,269). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coucher » est au #2,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around coucher (IPA \ku.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,271 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for coucher, with forms such as "ccoucher", "cocuher", and "couccher". 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, "couper", "couler", "coûter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 coucher, spelled C-O-U-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendre de son long sur la terre, sur un lit, etc., mettre quelque chose en position horizontale.
  2. 2
    S’allonger sur le sol. Se mettre en position horizontale.
  3. 3
    Mettre quelqu’un au lit, le déshabiller, l’aider à se mettre au lit.
  4. 4
    Se mettre au lit, s’endormir.
  5. 5
    Faire l’amour ; passer une nuit d’amour.
  6. 6
    Tuer ; blesser.
  7. 7
    Inscrire, écrire, enregistrer sur un support.
  8. 8
    Descendre sous l’horizon au sujet du soleil et des astres.
  9. 9
    Courber, incliner ce qui est naturellement droit. Pencher.
  10. 10
    Être étendu pour prendre son repos.
  11. 11
    Loger la nuit en quelque endroit en y prenant du repos.
  12. 12
    Dresser un aliment sur une plaque.
  13. 13
    Appliquer un enduit, une couche de produit, sur un support.
  14. 14
    Passer sous l’horizon de l’ouest, en parlant des astres.
  15. 15
    Se retirer de la partie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle était couchée auprès de moi. Elle se retourna sans aucun dessein de me proposer une posture ; […].
  2. Je demeurai couché sur le dos, les yeux grands ouverts, fixant le plafond.

Synonyms

donner la botte aux puces

This word in other languages

lie(English)acostarse(Español)legen(Deutsch)deitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoucher
  • cocuher
  • couccher
  • coucehr
  • coucherr
  • couchher
  • couchre
  • couhcer
  • cuocher
  • ocucher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coucher - 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.

ccoucher1cocuher2couccher1coucehr2coucherr1couchher1couchre2couhcer2
Edit distance from "coucher"

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 "coucher"?
"coucher" is spelled C-O-U-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʃe\.
What does "coucher" mean?
As a verb, "coucher" means: Étendre de son long sur la terre, sur un lit, etc., mettre quelque chose en position horizontale.
What words are commonly confused with "coucher"?
"coucher" is commonly confused with "couper", "couler", "coûter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coucher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coucher" is \ku.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coucher" come from?
"coucher" 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 "coucher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

devrais#2,273entends#2,275limites#2,285marcher#2,286

Similar misspelling depth

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

champs10 variantsapparaît10 variantsrythme10 variantspourront10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list