côtier

\ko.tje\

/\ko.tje\/ adj

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The verdict

“côtier” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,912. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,912
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à, ou qui a la connaissance, la pratique d’une côte, des côtes du bord de la mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cotier · côtier · French

côtier · rank #31,912 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,912
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH célébrées

Nearest frequency peer: célébrées (-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 « côtier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « côtier » 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).

côtier vs crier
67% similar
côtier vs cover
50% similar
côtier vs cotte
50% similar

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

Key facts for côtier
PropertyValue
Headwordcôtier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ko.tje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,912
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « côtier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).côtierse 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 « célébrées » (#31,911), « dague » (#31,913), « cumulés » (#31,910). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « côtier » est au #31,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around côtier (IPA \ko.tje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,912 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for côtier, with forms such as "ccôtier", "cotier", and "ctôier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crier", "cover", "cotte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is côtier, spelled C-Ô-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à, ou qui a la connaissance, la pratique d’une côte, des côtes du bord de la mer.
  2. 2
    Qualifie la navigation qui se fait le long des côtes, près des côtes.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les bateaux qui suivent les côtes.
  4. 4
    Qualifie la région terrestre proche d'une côte.
  5. 5
    Qualifie la région maritime proche d'une côte.
  6. 6
    Qualifie un fleuve dont la source est proche de la côte.
  7. 7
    Qualifie la population qui habite le long d’une côte.
  8. 8
    Qui a rapport à une côte, dans le sens de pente.
  9. 9
    Qualifiait un cheval de renfort, sur les attelages hippomobiles, pour monter une côte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’agissait de découvrir cette pêche du fond des temps consistant à traquer le hareng côtier quand, entre octobre et novembre, il passe au large de la Côte d’Opale […]
  2. Pilote côtier.

This word in other languages

coastal(English)costero(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccôtier
  • cotier
  • ctôier
  • côiter
  • côteir
  • côtierr
  • côtire
  • côttier
  • ôctier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of côtier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccôtier1cotier1ctôier2côiter2côteir2côtierr1côtire2côttier1
Edit distance from "côtier"

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 "côtier"?
"côtier" is spelled C-Ô-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.tje\.
What does "côtier" mean?
As an adjective, "côtier" means: Relatif à, ou qui a la connaissance, la pratique d’une côte, des côtes du bord de la mer.
What words are commonly confused with "côtier"?
"côtier" is commonly confused with "crier", "cover", "cotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "côtier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "côtier" is \ko.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "côtier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coteau#31,905dispos#31,923concis#31,896doucet#31,929

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Coralie9 variantsDurham9 variantscircus9 variantsEdmund9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list