cupules
\ky.pyl\
The verdict
“cupules” is uncommon French (frequency #86,593 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,593
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cupule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cupules · cupules · French
cupules · rank #86,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,593
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH crémerie
Nearest frequency peer: crémerie (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cupules »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- crucis
crucis
13,412 corpus weight
- crématoires
crématoires
13,410 corpus weight
- crémerie
crémerie
13,409 corpus weight
- cupules
cupules
13,408 corpus weight
- cétone
cétone
13,406 corpus weight
- Córdoba
Córdoba
13,405 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cupules » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cupules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.pyl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cupules » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cupules is uncommon French at frequency #86,593 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.pyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cupule.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cupules, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cupules, spelled C-U-P-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de cupule.
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.
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