couplage

/\ku.plaʒ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,040

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

couplage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Liaison univoque entre deux ou plusieurs entrées d’un même système. Pronounced \ku.plaʒ\. Often confused with couple and courage.

Key facts for couplage
PropertyValue
Headwordcouplage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.plaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,040
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of couplage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for couplage is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.plaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,040 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for couplage, with forms such as "ccouplage", "copulage", and "coulpage". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "couple", "courage", "couplée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is couplage, spelled C-O-U-P-L-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liaison univoque entre deux ou plusieurs entrées d’un même système.
  2. 2
    Action qui consiste à rendre deux entités dépendantes l'une de l'autre ou à les combiner. Ainsi, l'évolution de l'une des entités influence l'évolution de l'autre entité. Plus le couplage est fort, plus l'influence est importante. Le couplage implique souvent une interdépendance voire une symétrie des influences.
  3. 3
    Ensemble d'arêtes d'un graphe qui n'ont pas de sommets en commun.
  4. 4
    Câblage type de moteurs ou de transformateurs triphasés.
  5. 5
    Raccordement d’une centrale électrique au réseau.
  6. 6
    Méthode de production consistant à rationaliser le tournage d’épisodes différents d’une série en regroupant les séquences faisant appel aux mêmes acteurs et à des éléments récurrents tels que les décors et les moyens techniques.
  7. 7
    Action qui consiste à rendre deux classes dépendantes l’une de l’autre.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccouplage,copulage,coulpage,coupalge,couplaeg,couplagge,couplgae,coupllage,coupplage,cuoplage,ocuplage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for couplage

Misspelling Variants of "couplage"

ccouplage9copulage8coulpage8coupalge8couplaeg8couplagge9couplgae8coupllage9
Misspelling Variants of "couplage"

Frequency rank: #34,040 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "couplage"?
"couplage" is spelled C-O-U-P-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.plaʒ\.
What does "couplage" mean?
As a noun, "couplage" means: Liaison univoque entre deux ou plusieurs entrées d’un même système.
What words are commonly confused with "couplage"?
"couplage" is commonly confused with "couple", "courage", "couplée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couplage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couplage" is \ku.plaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couplage" come from?
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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.