Which to use
“coupable” and “coupables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,767
- “coupable” frequency rank
- #7,169
- “coupables” frequency rank
- 9936
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupable | coupables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a commis une faute, un crime, en parlant d’une personne. | Pluriel de coupable. |
Same sound, different letters: coupable vs coupables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - coupable and coupables
This is the hard kind. coupable and coupables are pronounced identically (\ku.pabl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “coupable” sits inside “coupables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coupable is recorded at frequency rank #2,767, classified as anadj, pronounced \ku.pabl\. coupables is at rank #7,169, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ku.pabl\.
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 9936, this pair ranks #414,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coupable vs coupables
Shared letters: abcelopu. Private to "coupable": -. Private to "coupables": s.
"coupable" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "coupables" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coupable" and "coupables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "coupable" vs "coupables" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coupables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupable" and "coupables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupables vs coupoles". 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 #414,867 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.