couplet

\ku.plɛ\

/\ku.plɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“couplet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,248. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,248
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacune des parties dont se compose une chanson et qui d’ordinaire comprennent le même nombre de vers et se terminent par un refrain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couplet · couplet · French

couplet · rank #19,248 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,248
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coquilles

Nearest frequency peer: coquilles (-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 « couplet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couplet » 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).

couplet vs coupole
71% similar
couplet vs courbet
71% similar
couplet vs couplets
88% similar

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

Key facts for couplet
PropertyValue
Headwordcouplet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.plɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,248
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couplet »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coupletse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coquilles » (#19,247), « cubain » (#19,249), « contravention » (#19,246). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couplet » est au #19,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around couplet (IPA \ku.plɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,248 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for couplet, with forms such as "ccouplet", "copulet", and "coulpet". 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, "coupole", "courbet", "couplets", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is couplet, spelled C-O-U-P-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacune des parties dont se compose une chanson et qui d’ordinaire comprennent le même nombre de vers et se terminent par un refrain.
  2. 2
    Chanson.
  3. 3
    Suite de vers sur une même rime.
  4. 4
    Dans un discours ; tirade ; morceau de toute étendue.
  5. 5
    Chant dialogué dans certaines comédies.
  6. 6
    Deux pattes de fer à queue d’aronde, assemblées par une charnière et servant à unir un châssis avec son dormant, un couvercle avec le corps d’une cassette, d’une boîte, etc.
  7. 7
    Rengaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pas difficile de se monter un répertoire… Six chansons de choix, un ou deux couplets pour les bis et les rappels… Pas difficile !
  2. Cette chanson n’a qu’un couplet, est de quatre couplets. - Le premier, le second couplet.

This word in other languages

verse(English)estrofe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouplet
  • copulet
  • coulpet
  • coupelt
  • couplett
  • coupllet
  • couplte
  • coupplet
  • cuoplet
  • ocuplet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccouplet1copulet2coulpet2coupelt2couplett1coupllet1couplte2coupplet1
Edit distance from "couplet"

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 "couplet"?
"couplet" is spelled C-O-U-P-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.plɛ\.
What does "couplet" mean?
As a noun, "couplet" means: Chacune des parties dont se compose une chanson et qui d’ordinaire comprennent le même nombre de vers et se terminent par un refrain.
What words are commonly confused with "couplet"?
"couplet" is commonly confused with "coupole", "courbet", "couplets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couplet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couplet" is \ku.plɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couplet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cuvette#19,251cockpit#19,237cloître#19,235doutait#19,261

Similar misspelling depth

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

castille10 variantscabanes10 variantsbrèves10 variantsescadre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list