coupure

\ku.pyʁ\

/\ku.pyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“coupure” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,632 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#9,632
frequency rank, French
7
letters
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Séparation ou division faite en tranchant dans un corps continu.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coupure vs couvre
71% similar
coupure vs courre
71% similar
coupure vs cousue
71% similar

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

Key facts for coupure
PropertyValue
Headwordcoupure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.pyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,632
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coupure” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). coupure lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for coupure is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.pyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,632 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for coupure, with forms such as "ccoupure", "copuure", and "couppure". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "couvre", "courre", "cousue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coupure, spelled C-O-U-P-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Séparation ou division faite en tranchant dans un corps continu.
  2. 2
    Retranchement que l’on fait dans une composition littéraire.
  3. 3
    Fragment.
  4. 4
    Fragment détaché d’un journal pour le conserver ou pour le reproduire.
  5. 5
    Fraction du billet de banque type.
  6. 6
    Rigole, petit canal pour faciliter l’écoulement ou changer le cours des eaux.
  7. 7
    Séparations pratiquées dans les lignes ennemies, dans les groupements adverses.
  8. 8
    Coupure de courant, arrêt de l'alimentation en électricité.
  9. 9
    Unité de fractionnement d'un découpage.
  10. 10
    Champ d'une carte constituant ou non une unité de découpage.
  11. 11
    Sur un dessin technique, symbole graphique sur un axe, permettant la représentation des certaines données difficilement observables à cause de l’échelle.

Synonyms

cassurecoupedécoupureélagageentailleestafiladeraccourcissementtroncature

This word in other languages

cut(English)corte(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoupure,copuure,couppure,couprue,coupuer,coupurre,couupre,cuopure,ocupure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoupure1copuure2couppure1couprue2coupuer2coupurre1couupre2cuopure2
Edit distance from "coupure"

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 "coupure"?
"coupure" is spelled C-O-U-P-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.pyʁ\.
What does "coupure" mean?
As a noun, "coupure" means: Séparation ou division faite en tranchant dans un corps continu.
What words are commonly confused with "coupure"?
"coupure" is commonly confused with "couvre", "courre", "cousue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coupure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coupure" is \ku.pyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coupure" come from?
"coupure" 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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Using “coupure”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-P-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ku.pyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “couvre” - see the side-by-side comparison. coupure vs couvre
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list