coûter

\ku.te\

/\ku.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“coûter” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,089
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valoir tel ou tel prix d’achat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couter · coûter · French

coûter · rank #8,089 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,089
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH couture

Nearest frequency peer: couture (-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 « coûter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coûter » 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).

coûter vs cute
50% similar
coûter vs coûts
67% similar
coûter vs cover
67% similar

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

Key facts for coûter
PropertyValue
Headwordcoûter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ku.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,089
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coûter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coûterse 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 « couture » (#8,088), « croissante » (#8,091), « confiée » (#8,086). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coûter » est au #8,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around coûter (IPA \ku.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,089 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for coûter, with forms such as "ccoûter", "cotûer", and "couter". 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, "cute", "coûts", "cover", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is coûter, spelled C-O-Û-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Valoir tel ou tel prix d’achat.
  2. 2
    Demander un paiement, un effort. Occasionner une dépense.
  3. 3
    Être la cause de quelque perte, de quelque douleur, de quelque peine, etc.
  4. 4
    Impersonnellement,
  5. 5
    Faire à regret des choses auxquelles on ne se détermine que difficilement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J'aimerais que vous sacrifiiez un haut-parleur, et donc les quelques euros qu'il vous aura coûtés. De toute façon, ce sacrifice ne sera pas inutile, car pour comprendre comment fonctionne un composant, rien de mieux que de le démonter.
  2. Si vous voulez commencer avec un fer à souder à température fixe, je vous conseille d'en choisir un de 25 W. Il coûte environ 10 euros.

Synonyms

être

This word in other languages

cost(English)costar(Español)kosten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoûter
  • cotûer
  • couter
  • coûetr
  • coûterr
  • coûtre
  • coûtter
  • cûoter
  • ocûter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoûter1cotûer2couter1coûetr2coûterr1coûtre2coûtter1cûoter2
Edit distance from "coûter"

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 "coûter"?
"coûter" is spelled C-O-Û-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.te\.
What does "coûter" mean?
As a verb, "coûter" means: Valoir tel ou tel prix d’achat.
What words are commonly confused with "coûter"?
"coûter" is commonly confused with "cute", "coûts", "cover". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coûter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coûter" is \ku.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coûter" come from?
"coûter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coûter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

diront#8,097déesse#8,098carter#8,077aborde#8,063

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

couture9 variantsbouquet9 variantsmonnaies9 variantstraîne9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list