cohorte

\kɔ.ɔʁt\

/\kɔ.ɔʁt\/ noun

The verdict

“cohorte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,210
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corps d’infanterie dans la légion romaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cohorte · cohorte · French

cohorte · rank #22,210 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,210
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coast

Nearest frequency peer: coast (-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 « cohorte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cohorte » 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).

cohorte vs corte
71% similar
cohorte vs courte
71% similar
cohorte vs coloré
57% similar

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

Key facts for cohorte
PropertyValue
Headwordcohorte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ɔʁt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,210
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cohorte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cohortese 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 « coast » (#22,209), « colloques » (#22,211), « click » (#22,208). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cohorte » est au #22,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cohorte (IPA \kɔ.ɔʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,210 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cohorte, with forms such as "ccohorte", "choorte", and "cohhorte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "corte", "courte", "coloré", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cohorte, spelled C-O-H-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corps d’infanterie dans la légion romaine.
  2. 2
    Troupe armée.
  3. 3
    Groupe important de personnes.
  4. 4
    L'ensemble des anges, des saints et des bienheureux.
  5. 5
    Ensemble d’individus ayant vécu un même événement au cours d’une période donnée.
  6. 6
    Niveau intermédiaire introduit entre légion et ordre afin de mieux décomposer l’arbre de la vie entre les classes et les ordres de la classification classique du vivant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ensuite viennent les « tribuns angusticlaves », c’est-à-dire porteurs d’une « bande [pourpre] étroite » parce qu’ils appartiennent à l’ordre équestre ; ils commandent deux des dix cohortes de fantassins, soit douze centuries.
  2. La première cohorte est toujours commandée par un tribun.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccohorte
  • choorte
  • cohhorte
  • cohoret
  • cohorrte
  • cohortte
  • cohotre
  • cohrote
  • coohrte
  • ochorte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cohorte - 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.

ccohorte1choorte2cohhorte1cohoret2cohorrte1cohortte1cohotre2cohrote2
Edit distance from "cohorte"

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 "cohorte"?
"cohorte" is spelled C-O-H-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ɔʁt\.
What does "cohorte" mean?
As a noun, "cohorte" means: Corps d’infanterie dans la légion romaine.
What words are commonly confused with "cohorte"?
"cohorte" is commonly confused with "corte", "courte", "coloré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cohorte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cohorte" is \kɔ.ɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cohorte" come from?
"cohorte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list