Which to use
“coupure” and “coupures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,632
- “coupure” frequency rank
- #11,555
- “coupures” frequency rank
- 21187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupure | coupures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Séparation ou division faite en tranchant dans un corps continu. | Pluriel de coupure. |
Same sound, different letters: coupure vs coupures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. coupure runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against coupures's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - coupure / coupures
This is the hard kind. coupure and coupures are pronounced identically (\ku.pyʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “coupure” sits inside “coupures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coupure is recorded at frequency rank #9,632, classified as anoun, pronounced \ku.pyʁ\. coupures is at rank #11,555, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.pyʁ\.
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 21187, this pair ranks #364,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coupure vs coupures
Shared letters: ceopru. Private to "coupure": -. Private to "coupures": s.
"coupure" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "coupures" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coupure" for "coupures" ever safe?
Frequency check: "coupure" vs "coupures" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coupures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupure" and "coupures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupoles vs coupures". 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 #364,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.