cohérence

\kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\

/\kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“cohérence” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,796
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Union complète entre divers éléments d’un corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coherence · cohérence · French

cohérence · rank #6,796 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,796
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chic

Nearest frequency peer: chic (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cohérence »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cohérence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cohérence vs cohérente
89% similar
cohérence vs cohérents
78% similar
cohérence vs conférence
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cohérence
PropertyValue
Headwordcohérence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,796
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cohérence »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cohérencese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chic » (#6,795), « commettre » (#6,797), « caution » (#6,794). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cohérence » est au #6,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cohérence (IPA \kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,796 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cohérence, with forms such as "ccohérence", "choérence", and "coherence". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cohérente", "cohérents", "conférence", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cohérence, spelled C-O-H-É-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Union complète entre divers éléments d’un corps.
  2. 2
    Accord ou harmonie, intuitive ou logique, d'un système d'idées entre elles.
  3. 3
    Consistance, absence de contradiction entre des données, des idées ou des informations.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des propriétés de corrélation d'un système ondulatoire.
  5. 5
    En logique mathématique, la cohérence ou consistance est la propriété d'une théorie exempte de contradiction, ou de façon équivalente, d'une théorie qui possède un modèle.
  6. 6
    Capacité pour un système à refléter sur la copie d'une donnée, les modifications intervenues sur d'autres copies de cette donnée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cohérence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Néanmoins, il est souvent souhaitable d’en confier la maîtrise d’œuvre totale à un même titulaire pour des raisons de cohérence d’ensemble et de continuité des études.
  2. Dans le passage de l’oral à l’écrit, la spécificité du messager s'efface derrière celle du message. Peut-être y perd-on en spontanéité, mais on y gagne en cohérence, celle précisément d'une forme littéraire.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccohérence
  • choérence
  • coherence
  • cohhérence
  • cohréence
  • cohéernce
  • cohérecne
  • cohérencce
  • cohérenec
  • cohérennce
  • cohérnece
  • cohérrence
  • coéhrence
  • ochérence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cohérence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccohérence1choérence2coherence1cohhérence1cohréence2cohéernce2cohérecne2cohérencce1
Edit distance from "cohérence"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cohérence"?
"cohérence" is spelled C-O-H-É-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "cohérence" mean?
As a noun, "cohérence" means: Union complète entre divers éléments d’un corps.
What words are commonly confused with "cohérence"?
"cohérence" is commonly confused with "cohérente", "cohérents", "conférence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cohérence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cohérence" is \kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cohérence" come from?
"cohérence" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cohérence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list