Coutances

\ku.tɑ̃s\

/\ku.tɑ̃s\/ name

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The verdict

“Coutances” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,255
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coutances · Coutances · French

Coutances · rank #37,255 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,255
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coïncident

Nearest frequency peer: coïncident (+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 « Coutances »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Coutances » 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).

Coutances vs cutanés
56% similar
Coutances vs cutanées
67% similar
Coutances vs courantes
67% similar

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

Key facts for Coutances
PropertyValue
HeadwordCoutances
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ku.tɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,255
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Coutances »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Coutancesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coïncident » (#37,256), « couraient » (#37,253), « coïncider » (#37,257). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Coutances » est au #37,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Coutances (IPA \ku.tɑ̃s\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,255 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Coutances, with forms such as "ccoutances", "cotuances", and "couatnces". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cutanés", "cutanées", "courantes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Coutances, spelled C-O-U-T-A-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département de la Manche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et il jeta sur madame Hulot un regard comme Tartuffe en jette à Elmire, quand un acteur de province croit nécessaire de marquer les intentions de ce rôle, à Poitiers ou à Coutances.
  2. Coutances, cathédrale normande, que sa diphtongue finale, grasse et jaunissante couronne par une tour de beurre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoutances
  • cotuances
  • couatnces
  • coutacnes
  • coutancces
  • coutancess
  • coutancse
  • coutanecs
  • coutannces
  • coutnaces
  • couttances
  • cuotances
  • ocutances

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoutances1cotuances2couatnces2coutacnes2coutancces1coutancess1coutancse2coutanecs2
Edit distance from "Coutances"

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 "Coutances"?
"Coutances" is spelled C-O-U-T-A-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.tɑ̃s\.
What does "Coutances" mean?
As a proper noun, "Coutances" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
What words are commonly confused with "Coutances"?
"Coutances" is commonly confused with "cutanés", "cutanées", "courantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Coutances"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Coutances" is \ku.tɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Coutances" come from?
"Coutances" 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 "Coutances", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coïncider#37,257couraient#37,253confettis#37,242descendit#37,269

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

célestin13 variantscélébrés13 variantsdiffusions13 variantsdigestive13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list