couple

\kupl\

/\kupl\/ noun

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The verdict

“couple” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,058
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lien ; laisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couple · couple · French

couple · rank #1,058 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,058
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concours

Nearest frequency peer: concours (-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 « couple »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couple » 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).

couple vs coups
67% similar
couple vs coûte
50% similar
couple vs couve
67% similar

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

Key facts for couple
PropertyValue
Headwordcouple
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kupl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,058
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couple »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).couplese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « concours » (#1,057), « course » (#1,059), « con » (#1,056). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couple » est au #1,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around couple (IPA \kupl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,058 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for couple, with forms such as "ccouple", "copule", and "coulpe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coups", "coûte", "couve", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is couple, spelled C-O-U-P-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lien ; laisse.
  2. 2
    sauf au Paire, deux choses de même espèce mises ou considérées ensemble.
  3. 3
    sauf au Petit nombre, petite quantité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Où est la couple de ces chiens ?
  2. Ils ont rompu leur couple.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouple
  • copule
  • coulpe
  • coupel
  • couplle
  • coupple
  • cuople
  • ocuple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccouple1copule2coulpe2coupel2couplle1coupple1cuople2ocuple2
Edit distance from "couple"

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 "couple"?
"couple" is spelled C-O-U-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kupl\.
What does "couple" mean?
As a noun, "couple" means: Lien ; laisse.
What words are commonly confused with "couple"?
"couple" is commonly confused with "coups", "coûte", "couve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couple"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couple" is \kupl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couple" come from?
"couple" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "couple", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

course#1,059change#1,055allait#1,053mètres#1,068

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fonds8 variantsvillage8 variantsvisite8 variantsmembre8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list