Which to use
“coupure” and “cousue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,632
- “coupure” frequency rank
- #39,728
- “cousue” frequency rank
- 49360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupure | cousue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Séparation ou division faite en tranchant dans un corps continu. | Cigarette industrielle, déjà roulée, par opposition à celle que l’on roule soi-même. |
Where the eye mixes coupure and cousue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. coupure runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against cousue's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses coupure with cousue
A purely visual mix-up. coupure (\ku.pyʁ\) and cousue (\ku.zy\) 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 49360, 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\. cousue is at rank #39,728, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.zy\.
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 49360, this pair ranks #171,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coupure vs cousue
Shared letters: ceou. Private to "coupure": pr. Private to "cousue": s.
"coupure" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "cousue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coupure" for "cousue" ever safe?
Frequency check: "coupure" vs "cousue" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cousue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupure" and "cousue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courus vs cousue". 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 #171,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.