coup de coin
\ku də kwɛ̃\
The verdict
“coup de coin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faute, involontaire ou délibérée, au cours de laquelle un joueur envoie le ballon derrière sa propre ligne de but.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-de-coin · coup de coin · French
coup de coin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coup de coin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku də kwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coup de coin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coup de coin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku də kwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faute, involontaire ou délibérée, au cours de laquelle un joueur envoie le ballon derrière sa propre ligne de but.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coup de coin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 coup de coin, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Faute, involontaire ou délibérée, au cours de laquelle un joueur envoie le ballon derrière sa propre ligne de but.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.