# cote

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəʊt/ · frequency rank #29,983

## Definitions
1. A cottage or hut.
2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

## Etymology
From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-ct)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cut)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cow)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cox)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cue)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-coz)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-coy)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-crt)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cst)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-ctr)
- **CTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cte)
- **CTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cto)
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cta)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cov)
- **CSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cse)
- **CTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-ctc)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cure)
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-coup)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ccote`, `coet`, `cotte`, `ctoe`, `octe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cote