commevscoqueWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: comme is a conjunction, coque is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comme” is a conjunction and “coque” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,662
“comme” frequency rank
#47,683
“coque” frequency rank
95345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comme coque
Definition Como. Combustible sólido y ligero, obtenido por la calcinación de la hulla.

Where the eye mixes comme and coque

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
comme
5 ch
coque

Visual trap between comme and coque

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comme is [kɔm] while coque is [ˈkoke]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (conjunction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comme is recorded at frequency rank #47,662, classified as aconj, pronounced [kɔm]. coque is at rank #47,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoke].

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 95345, this pair ranks #571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comme vs coque

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "comme": m. Private to "coque": qu.

"comme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "coque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commeccomme · cmome · comem · ocmme
  • coqueccoque · coqeu · coqque · couqe · cqoue · ocque

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comme" and "coque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comme" is a conjunction and "coque" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "comme" or "coque"?
"comme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #47,662 in our Spanish list, against #47,683 for "coque". 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 "comme" and "coque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comme" and "coque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coloqué vs coque". 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 #571 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