coupe claire
\kup klɛʁ\
The verdict
“coupe claire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de raser une partie d’une forêt pour y créer une clairière.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coupe claire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kup klɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coupe claire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coupe claire is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kup klɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coupe claire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coupe claire, spelled C-O-U-P-E- -C-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Action de raser une partie d’une forêt pour y créer une clairière.
- 2Réduction importante dans les dépenses d’un budget, la taille d’un texte, etc.
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.
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Using “coupe claire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P-E- -C-L-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kup klɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.