coupon

\ku.pɔ̃\

/\ku.pɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“coupon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,900
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui reste d’une pièce d’étoffe ou de toile qu’on a débitée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coupon · coupon · French

coupon · rank #28,900 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,900
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH couplets

Nearest frequency peer: couplets (-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 « coupon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coupon » 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).

coupon vs coups
67% similar
coupon vs Cousin
50% similar
coupon vs coupons
86% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coupon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).couponse 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 « couplets » (#28,899), « courroie » (#28,901), « couchage » (#28,898). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coupon » est au #28,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around coupon (IPA \ku.pɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,900 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coupon, with forms such as "ccoupon", "copuon", and "couopn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coups", "Cousin", "coupons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 coupon, spelled C-O-U-P-O-N.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un coupon de toile, de batiste, de drap, etc.
  2. Parfois même, elle choisissait dans les vitrines, parmi les coupons plissés et avantagés par la main des commis, une soie tendre, bleu ciel ou vert pomme.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoupon
  • copuon
  • couopn
  • coupno
  • couponn
  • couppon
  • cuopon
  • ocupon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoupon1copuon2couopn2coupno2couponn1couppon1cuopon2ocupon2
Edit distance from "coupon"

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 "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'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 "coupon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list