Which to use
“cote” and “covey” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,983
- “cote” frequency rank
- #46,402
- “covey” frequency rank
- 76385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cote | covey |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A cottage or hut. | A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus). |
Where the eye mixes cote and covey
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cote runs 4 letters (CVCV) against covey's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cote vs covey
A purely visual mix-up. cote (/kəʊt/) and covey (/ˈkʌvi/) 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 76385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cote is recorded at frequency rank #29,983, classified as anoun, pronounced /kəʊt/. covey is at rank #46,402, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkʌvi/.
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 76385, this pair ranks #30,275 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cote vs covey
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "cote": t. Private to "covey": vy.
"cote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "covey" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cote" and "covey" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cote" or "covey"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cote" and "covey" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "covey" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,275 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cote" and "covey" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "covey vs cower". 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 #30,275 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.