dans son coin

\dɑ̃ sɔ̃ kwɛ̃\

/\dɑ̃ sɔ̃ kwɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“dans son coin” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — De manière solitaire, sans personne.

Key facts for dans son coin
PropertyValue
Headworddans son coin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dɑ̃ sɔ̃ kwɛ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dans son coin” sits in French frequency

dans son coin falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dans son coin is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɑ̃ sɔ̃ kwɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De manière solitaire, sans personne.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dans son coin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dans son coin, spelled D-A-N-S- -S-O-N- -C-O-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De manière solitaire, sans personne.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dans son coin"?
"dans son coin" is spelled D-A-N-S- -S-O-N- -C-O-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃ sɔ̃ kwɛ̃\.
What does "dans son coin" mean?
As an adjective, "dans son coin" means: De manière solitaire, sans personne.
How do you pronounce "dans son coin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dans son coin" is \dɑ̃ sɔ̃ kwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dans son coin" come from?
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Using “dans son coin”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is D-A-N-S- -S-O-N- -C-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \dɑ̃ sɔ̃ kwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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

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