du coin
\dy kwɛ̃\
The verdict
“du coin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est né dans l’endroit dont on parle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-du-coin · du coin · French
du coin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | du coin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dy kwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « du coin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
du coin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dy kwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for du coin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is du coin, spelled D-U- -C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est né dans l’endroit dont on parle.
- 2Qui habite dans l’endroit dont on parle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how du coin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Vix vit Maurice Moisson, un agriculteur qui connaît comme le fond de sa poche les terres du coin. Il a noté, sur le lieu-dit des Moussenots, la présence de grosses pierres qui n’ont rien à faire dans un terrain argileux.
Il est pas du coin ce type. ^([1])
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.