Which to use
“coupez” and “coûter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,665
- “coupez” frequency rank
- #8,089
- “coûter” frequency rank
- 25754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupez | coûter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de couper. | Valoir tel ou tel prix d’achat. |
Where the eye mixes coupez and coûter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: coupez vs coûter
A purely visual mix-up. coupez (\ku.pe\) and coûter (\ku.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coupez is recorded at frequency rank #17,665, classified as averb, pronounced \ku.pe\. coûter is at rank #8,089, tagged as averb, pronounced \ku.te\.
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 25754, this pair ranks #339,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coupez vs coûter
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "coupez": puz. Private to "coûter": rtû.
"coupez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "coûter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coupez ← ccoupez · copuez · couepz · coupezz · couppez · coupze · cuopez · ocupez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coupez" and "coûter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "coupez" or "coûter" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "coupez" and "coûter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coûter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupez" and "coûter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupa vs coupez". 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 #339,036 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.