coupon

/\ku.pɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,900

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

coupon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui reste d’une pièce d’étoffe ou de toile qu’on a débitée. Pronounced \ku.pɔ̃\. Often confused with coups and Cousin.

Key facts for coupon
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Headwordcoupon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.pɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,900
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for coupon is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.pɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,900 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for coupon, with forms such as "ccoupon", "copuon", and "couopn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coups", "Cousin", "coupons", 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 coupon, spelled C-O-U-P-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui reste d’une pièce d’étoffe ou de toile qu’on a débitée.
  2. 2
    Sorte de papier de crédit.
  3. 3
    Billet joint à un titre et qu’on en détachait pour toucher l’intérêt de ce titre quand il était échu.
  4. 4
    Chacun des billets qui donnent entrée dans une même loge ; billet collectif valant pour la totalité de la loge.
  5. 5
    Une certaine quantité de bûches liées ensemble avec des perches et des rouettes, et qui rassemblées en nombre formaient un train de bois flotté.
  6. 6
    Bon d’échange.
  7. 7
    Document papier ou informatique, permettant un rabais à l'achat du produit de consommation indiqué.
  8. 8
    Petite preuve documentaire d’une place, d’un rang réservé pour un service plus tard dans la journée.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoupon,copuon,couopn,coupno,couponn,couppon,cuopon,ocupon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coupon

Misspelling Variants of "coupon"

ccoupon7copuon6couopn6coupno6couponn7couppon7cuopon6ocupon6
Misspelling Variants of "coupon"

Frequency rank: #28,900 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coupon"?
"coupon" is spelled C-O-U-P-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.pɔ̃\.
What does "coupon" mean?
As a noun, "coupon" means: Ce qui reste d’une pièce d’étoffe ou de toile qu’on a débitée.
What words are commonly confused with "coupon"?
"coupon" is commonly confused with "coups", "Cousin", "coupons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coupon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coupon" is \ku.pɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coupon" come from?
"coupon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.