coquinevscoquinesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: coquine is a noun, coquines is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coquine” is a noun and “coquines” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,147
“coquine” frequency rank
#28,501
“coquines” frequency rank
41648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coquine coquines
Definition Celle qui a un caractère vil, qui est capable de friponneries, de vols, d’actions déshonnêtes. Féminin pluriel de coquin.

Same sound, different letters: coquine vs coquines

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
coquine
8 ch
coquines

Homophone desk: coquine vs coquines

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: coquine and coquines carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.kin\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “coquine” sits inside “coquines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coquine is recorded at frequency rank #13,147, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.kin\. coquines is at rank #28,501, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.kin\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 41648, this pair ranks #231,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coquine vs coquines

Shared letters: ceinoqu. Private to "coquine": -. Private to "coquines": s.

"coquine" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "coquines" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coquineccoquine · coqiune · coqquine · coquien · coquinne · coqunie · couqine · cqouine
  • coquinesccoquines · coqiunes · coqquines · coquiens · coquiness · coquinnes · coquinse · coqunies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coquine" and "coquines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coquine" is a noun and "coquines" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "coquine" or "coquines"?
"coquine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,147 in our French list, against #28,501 for "coquines". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"coquine" and "coquines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coquine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coquines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #231,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coquine" and "coquines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confinés vs coquines". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #231,533 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list