Which to use
“coupure” and “couture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,632
- “coupure” frequency rank
- #8,088
- “couture” frequency rank
- 17720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupure | couture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Séparation ou division faite en tranchant dans un corps continu. | Action, art de coudre. |
Where the eye mixes coupure and couture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. coupure and couture follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: coupure vs couture
A purely visual mix-up. coupure (\ku.pyʁ\) and couture (\ku.tyʁ\) 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 a single letter - p in “coupure” becomes t in “couture”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17720, 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\. couture is at rank #8,088, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.tyʁ\.
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 17720, this pair ranks #381,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coupure vs couture
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "coupure": p. Private to "couture": t.
"coupure" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "couture" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coupure" and "couture" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "coupure" vs "couture" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupure" and "couture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "couperet vs coupure". 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 #381,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.