côte

\kot\

/\kot\/ noun

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The verdict

“côte” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,288
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacun des os qui forment la cage thoracique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cote · côte · French

côte · rank #1,288 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,288
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH communication

Nearest frequency peer: communication (-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 « côte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « côte » 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).

côte vs Ct
25% similar
côte vs cou
25% similar
côte vs CPE
0% similar

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

Key facts for côte
PropertyValue
Headwordcôte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kot\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,288
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « côte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.côtese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « communication » (#1,287), « familles » (#1,289), « choisi » (#1,286). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « côte » est au #1,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around côte (IPA \kot\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,288 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for côte, with forms such as "ccôte", "cote", and "ctôe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ct", "cou", "CPE", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is côte, spelled C-Ô-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacun des os qui forment la cage thoracique.
  2. 2
    Pente d’un chemin ou d’une colline.
  3. 3
    Voie de communication, complète ou en partie, qui suit une pente.
  4. 4
    La partie d’un continent ou d’une île qui borde la mer ; le rivage.
  5. 5
    Approches de la terre, jusqu’à une certaine distance au large.
  6. 6
    Grosse nervure des feuilles de certaines plantes.
  7. 7
    Ligne en relief de certains tissus, de certains tricots.
  8. 8
    Saillie qui divise et orne la surface concave d’une voûte sphérique, ou la surface convexe d’un dôme.
  9. 9
    Listel qui sépare les cannelures d’une colonne.
  10. 10
    Les côtes d’un bâtiment, d’un navire : Les pièces qui sont jointes à la quille et qui montent jusqu’au plat-bord.
  11. 11
    Plateaux inclinés vers l'ouest et délimités à l'est par un fort talus, caractéristiques du relief de la Lorraine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’être humain a douze paires de côtes.
  2. Dieu a tiré la femme d’une côte de l’homme. Parfois je m’amusais à promener la main d’Henriette sur mon torse. « Vous voyez, c’est de cette côte que vous êtes née !... »

Synonyms

flancsternumthoraxmontéebergebordfrangegrèveplagerivagerive

This word in other languages

rib(English)costilla(Español)Rippe(Deutsch)costela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccôte
  • cote
  • ctôe
  • côet
  • côtte
  • ôcte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of côte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccôte1cote1ctôe2côet2côtte1ôcte2
Edit distance from "côte"

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 "côte"?
"côte" is spelled C-Ô-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kot\.
What does "côte" mean?
As a noun, "côte" means: Chacun des os qui forment la cage thoracique.
What words are commonly confused with "côte"?
"côte" is commonly confused with "Ct", "cou", "CPE". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "côte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "côte" is \kot\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "côte" come from?
"côte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bébé#1,285goût#1,293lois#1,296peau#1,301

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

tels6 variantsappris6 variantsarrêt6 variantsbeaux6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list