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couldnt

couldnt is the misspelling of couldn't.

Meaning of couldn't

Verb

couldn't

  1. Could not (negative auxiliary).
    • You couldn’t lend me a lighter, could you?

Questions about couldnt

What is couldnt the misspelling of?
Couldnt is the misspelling of couldn't.

Words near couldnt in the dictionary

  1. couldn't've
  2. couldn't-care-less
  3. couldn've
  4. couldna
  5. couldnae
  6. couldnt
  7. couldron
  8. couldrons
  9. coulds
  10. couldst
  11. couldve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: couldnt (page history and authors); couldn't (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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