cohortevscoyoteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“cohorte” and “coyote” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,799
“cohorte” frequency rank
#25,972
“coyote” frequency rank
67771
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cohorte coyote
Definition Unidad táctica del antiguo ejército romano, compuesta de tres, cinco o seis manípulos o centurias, o bien es la décima parte de una legión. (Canis latrans) Miembro de la cánidos emparentado con el perro doméstico. Los coyotes sólo se encuentran en América del Norte; desde Canadá hasta Panamá.

Where the eye mixes cohorte and coyote

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
cohorte
6 ch
coyote

Why the eye confuses cohorte with coyote

A purely visual mix-up. cohorte ([koˈoɾt̪e]) and coyote ([koˈʝot̪e]) 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 67771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cohorte is recorded at frequency rank #41,799, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈoɾt̪e]. coyote is at rank #25,972, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈʝot̪e].

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 67771, this pair ranks #36,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cohorte vs coyote

Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cohorte": hr. Private to "coyote": y.

"cohorte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "coyote" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cohorteccohorte · choorte · cohhorte · cohoret · cohorrte · cohortte · cohotre · cohrote
  • coyoteccoyote · cooyte · coyoet · coyotte · coytoe · coyyote · cyoote · ocyote

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cohorte" for "coyote" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈoɾt̪e] versus [koˈʝot̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cohorte" vs "coyote" - which ranks higher?
"coyote" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,972 in our Spanish list, against #41,799 for "cohorte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "cohorte" and "coyote" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cohorte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coyote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cohorte" and "coyote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cohorte vs comporte". 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 #36,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list