coupole

\ku.pɔl\

/\ku.pɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“coupole” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,533
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voûte hémisphérique ou engendrée par une demi-ellipse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coupole · coupole · French

coupole · rank #22,533 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,533
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cougar

Nearest frequency peer: cougar (-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 « coupole »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coupole » 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).

coupole vs coupon
71% similar
coupole vs coupure
71% similar
coupole vs coupons
71% similar

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

Key facts for coupole
PropertyValue
Headwordcoupole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.pɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,533
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coupole »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coupolese 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 « cougar » (#22,532), « croates » (#22,534), « corporelles » (#22,531). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coupole » est au #22,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around coupole (IPA \ku.pɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,533 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for coupole, with forms such as "ccoupole", "copuole", and "couople". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "coupon", "coupure", "coupons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coupole, spelled C-O-U-P-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voûte hémisphérique ou engendrée par une demi-ellipse.
  2. 2
    Intérieur, partie concave d’un dôme ou le dôme lui-même.
  3. 3
    Coupole de l’Institut de France, sous laquelle se réunit l’Académie française.
  4. 4
    Tourelle cuirassée de forme cylindrique à sa base et surmontée d’une épaisse calotte de métal, dans laquelle on place des canons.
  5. 5
    Figure de breakdance consistant à faire tourner ses jambes autour de son corps, tout en conservant le buste au sol.
  6. 6
    Tastevin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pourquoi du soleil aujourd’hui sur l’eau verte, sur la route où je marche, sur la basilique dont les sept coupoles, érigées dans le ciel, sont droites comme des cires vierges prêtes à s’allumer.
  2. La mosquée d’El-Sakhra, de forme octogonale, est surmontée d’une coupole qui se dresse dans les cieux à une hauteur de 29 mètres au-dessus du sol de l’Esplanade des mosquées. Elle est entourée de quatre portiques situés aux quatre points cardinaux.

This word in other languages

cupola(English)cúpula(Español)Kuppel(Deutsch)cúpula(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoupole
  • copuole
  • couople
  • couploe
  • coupoel
  • coupolle
  • couppole
  • cuopole
  • ocupole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoupole1copuole2couople2couploe2coupoel2coupolle1couppole1cuopole2
Edit distance from "coupole"

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 "coupole"?
"coupole" is spelled C-O-U-P-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.pɔl\.
What does "coupole" mean?
As a noun, "coupole" means: Voûte hémisphérique ou engendrée par une demi-ellipse.
What words are commonly confused with "coupole"?
"coupole" is commonly confused with "coupon", "coupure", "coupons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coupole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coupole" is \ku.pɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coupole" come from?
"coupole" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

croates#22,534Duhamel#22,544débattu#22,545déjouer#22,548

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Dmitri9 variantsdorées9 variantscobalt9 variantscoachs9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list