Which to use
“coup” and “CSP” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #226
- “coup” frequency rank
- #19,499
- “CSP” frequency rank
- 19725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coup | CSP |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Impression que fait un corps sur un autre en le frappant. | Catégorie socioprofessionnelle (le concept), catégories socioprofessionnelles (la nomenclature de l’Insee). |
Where the eye mixes coup and CSP
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. coup (\ku\) and CSP (\se.ɛs.pe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coup is recorded at frequency rank #226, classified as anoun, pronounced \ku\. CSP is at rank #19,499, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.ɛs.pe\.
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 19725, this pair ranks #371,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coup vs CSP
Shared letters: cp. Private to "coup": ou. Private to "CSP": s.
"coup" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "CSP" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coup ← ccoup · copu · coupp · cuop · ocup