kop

\kɔp\

/\kɔp\/ noun

The verdict

“kop” is uncommon French (frequency #56,705 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,705
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tribune où se regroupent les supporters d’un club.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kop · kop · French

kop · rank #56,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,705
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kir

Nearest frequency peer: kir (-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 « kop »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kop » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kop
PropertyValue
Headwordkop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔp\
Letters3
Frequency rank#56,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kop » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).koptombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « kir » (#56,704), « kopp » (#56,706), « kimura » (#56,703). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kop » est au #56,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kop is uncommon French at frequency #56,705 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

kop doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is kop, spelled K-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tribune où se regroupent les supporters d’un club.
  2. 2
    Groupe de supporters exaltés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Journaliste et familier du « kop » (la tribune populaire où s’installent les spectateurs les plus acharnés) du Red Star de Saint-Ouen, Mickaël Correia a fait de son engagement sportif une démarche quasi citoyenne.
  2. Des sifflets permanents quand la Roja jouait à la baballe, un emballement à l’approche des buts d’Unai Simon et deux kops qui se répondaient en s’applaudissant.

This word in other languages

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 "kop"?
"kop" is spelled K-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔp\.
What does "kop" mean?
As a noun, "kop" means: Tribune où se regroupent les supporters d’un club.
How do you pronounce "kop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kop" is \kɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kop" come from?
"kop" 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 "kop", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list