Français homophones

coke/coq/coqs/coque/coques/Koch

"coke" is a noun; "Koch" is a name - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "coke" arrives as a noun, while "Koch" is a name. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "co" then splits - "coke" (4 letters) vs "coq" (3).
Shared stem "co" then splits - "coke" (4 letters) vs "coqs" (4).
Shared stem "co" then splits - "coke" (4 letters) vs "coque" (5).
Shared stem "co" then splits - "coke" (4 letters) vs "coques" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "coke" is 4 letters, "Koch" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "coq" then splits - "coq" (3 letters) vs "coqs" (4).
Shared stem "coq" then splits - "coq" (3 letters) vs "coque" (5).
Shared stem "coq" then splits - "coq" (3 letters) vs "coques" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "coq" is 3 letters, "Koch" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "coq" then splits - "coqs" (4 letters) vs "coque" (5).
Shared stem "coq" then splits - "coqs" (4 letters) vs "coques" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "coqs" is 4 letters, "Koch" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "coque" then splits - "coque" (5 letters) vs "coques" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "coque" is 5 letters, "Koch" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "coques" is 6 letters, "Koch" is 4; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across coke, coq, coqs, coque, coques, Koch: co. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

coke
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory ceko · private ek
coq
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory coq · private q
coqs
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory coqs · private qs
coque
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory ceoqu · private equ
coques
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVC
Inventory ceoqsu · private eqsu
Koch
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory chko · private hk

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "coke" when you mean: Charbon de terre débarrassé, par la distillation, des composés fluides et gazeux qu’il contenait.
Write "coq" when you mean: Genre d’oiseau de l’ordre des galliformes et de la famille des phasianidés, comprenant quatre espèces habitant les forêts humides du sud …
Write "coqs" when you mean: Pluriel de coq.
Write "coque" when you mean: Enveloppe extérieure de l’œuf.
Write "coques" when you mean: Pluriel de coque.
Write "Koch" when you mean: Nom de famille.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

coke ← ccoke · ckoe · coek · cokke · ocke
coqs ← ccoqs · coqqs · coqss · cosq · cqos · ocqs
coque ← ccoque · coqeu · coqque · couqe · cqoue · ocque
coques ← ccoques · coqeus · coqques · coquess · coquse · couqes
Koch ← kcoh · kkoch · kocch · kochh · kohc · okch

Each spelling

coke

noun · /\kɔk\/ · #11,190 frequency

Charbon de terre débarrassé, par la distillation, des composés fluides et gazeux qu’il contenait.

coq

noun · /\kɔk\/ · #8,980 frequency

Genre d’oiseau de l’ordre des galliformes et de la famille des phasianidés, comprenant quatre espèces habitant les forêts humides du sud de l’Asie, de l’Inde jusqu’à l’Indonésie, au dimorphisme sexuel extrêmement prononcé, et dont une espèce, le coq doré (Gallus gallus) est l’ancêtre universel du coq domestique de basse-cour.

coqs

noun · /\kɔk\/ · #25,606 frequency

Pluriel de coq.

coque

noun · /\kɔk\/ · #7,042 frequency

Enveloppe extérieure de l’œuf.

coques

noun · /\kɔk\/ · #16,585 frequency

Pluriel de coque.

Koch

name · /\kɔk\/ · #26,777 frequency

Nom de famille.