soucoupe

Name: soucoupe, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\su.kup\

/\su.kup\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“soucoupe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,286
frequency rank, French: 6,032
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de petite assiette qui se place ordinairement sous une tasse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soucoupe · soucoupe · French

soucoupe · rank #35,286 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #35,286
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,032
PHOTO-FINISH sortirai

Nearest frequency peer: sortirai (-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.

sommier

64,718
sordides

64,717
sortirai

64,716
soucoupe

64,715
souffres

64,714
soustrait

64,713

What this shows « soucoupe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

soucoupe vs soucoupes

89% similar

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

Key facts for soucoupe
Property	Value
Headword	soucoupe
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\su.kup\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#35,286
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soucoupe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).soucoupese place ici:

#35,286

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sortirai » (#35,285), « souffres » (#35,287), « sordides » (#35,284). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soucoupe » est au #35,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around soucoupe (IPA \su.kup\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,286 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for soucoupe, with forms such as "osucoupe", "socuoupe", and "souccoupe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "soucoupes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is soucoupe, spelled S-O-U-C-O-U-P-E.

Definition

1
Sorte de petite assiette qui se place ordinairement sous une tasse.
2
Cette sorte de petite assiette utilisée dans un café pour présenter la note à régler pour une consommation, et qui restait sur la table jusqu’au paiement.
3
Sorte d'assiette avec un pied sur laquelle on pose les verres et la carafe.
4
Soucoupe volante.
5
Soucoupe commune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Une bonne, qui portait une vieille robe jaune et un foulard décoloré autour du cou, entra dans la pièce, apportant une soucoupe de lait qu’elle déposa devant la petite bête.
Mme Corney se leva pour prendre dans l'armoire une tasse et une soucoupe.

Synonyms

sous-tasse

This word in other languages

saucer(English)platillo(Español)Untertasse(Deutsch)pires(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

osucoupe
socuoupe
souccoupe
soucopue
soucouep
soucouppe
soucuope
souocupe
ssoucoupe
suocoupe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soucoupe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "soucoupe"

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 "soucoupe"?

"soucoupe" is spelled S-O-U-C-O-U-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \su.kup\.

What does "soucoupe" mean?

As a noun, "soucoupe" means: Sorte de petite assiette qui se place ordinairement sous une tasse.

What words are commonly confused with "soucoupe"?

"soucoupe" is commonly confused with "soucoupes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "soucoupe"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soucoupe" is \su.kup\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "soucoupe" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sortirai#35,285 souffres#35,287 sordides#35,284 solvants#35,282

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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