coût

\ku\

/\ku\/ noun

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The verdict

“coût” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,767
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qu’une chose coûte ; son prix de revient.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cout · coût · French

coût · rank #1,767 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,767
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cartes

Nearest frequency peer: cartes (-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 « coût »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coût » 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).

coût vs Ct
25% similar
coût vs cul
25% similar
coût vs cru
25% similar

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

Key facts for coût
PropertyValue
Headwordcoût
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,767
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coût »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coûtse 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 « cartes » (#1,766), « différent » (#1,768), « battre » (#1,765). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coût » est au #1,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around coût (IPA \ku\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,767 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for coût, with forms such as "ccoût", "cotû", and "cout". 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, "Ct", "cul", "cru", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coût, spelled C-O-Û-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qu’une chose coûte ; son prix de revient.
  2. 2
    Ce que coûte une chose ou un phénomène en termes indénombrables ou difficilement chiffrables ou quantifiables : temps, efforts, énergie, soins, émotions, attention, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le coût de la vie augmente sans cesse.
  2. Le coût d’une assurance.

Synonyms

dépensefraisprixtarif

This word in other languages

cost(English)costo(Español)Kosten(Deutsch)custo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoût
  • cotû
  • cout
  • coûtt
  • cûot
  • ocût

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coût - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccoût1cotû2cout1coûtt1cûot2ocût2
Edit distance from "coût"

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 "coût"?
"coût" is spelled C-O-Û-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku\.
What does "coût" mean?
As a noun, "coût" means: Ce qu’une chose coûte ; son prix de revient.
What words are commonly confused with "coût"?
"coût" is commonly confused with "Ct", "cul", "cru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coût"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coût" is \ku\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coût" come from?
"coût" 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 "coût", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amie#1,762agir#1,760marc#1,777rare#1,785

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

nommé6 variantsvécu6 variantschasse6 variantstest6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list