côtière

\ko.tjɛʁ\

/\ko.tjɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“côtière” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,402
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planche de jardinage, qui va un peu en talus et qui est ordinairement adossée à une muraille de manière à recevoir le maximum des premières chaleurs du printemps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cotiere · côtière · French

côtière · rank #17,402 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,402
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CSG

Nearest frequency peer: CSG (-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 « côtière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « côtière » 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).

côtière vs côtiers
71% similar
côtière vs cotiser
43% similar
côtière vs côtières
88% similar

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

Key facts for côtière
PropertyValue
Headwordcôtière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ko.tjɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,402
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « côtière »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.côtièrese 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 « CSG » (#17,401), « dauphine » (#17,403), « crucifix » (#17,400). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « côtière » est au #17,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around côtière (IPA \ko.tjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,402 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Planche de jardinage, qui va un peu en talus et qui est ordinairement adossée à une muraille de manière à recevoir le maximum des premières chaleurs du printemps.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for côtière, with forms such as "ccôtière", "cotiere", and "ctôière". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "côtiers", "cotiser", "côtières", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is côtière, spelled C-Ô-T-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Planche de jardinage, qui va un peu en talus et qui est ordinairement adossée à une muraille de manière à recevoir le maximum des premières chaleurs du printemps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette côtière est propre pour des pois.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccôtière
  • cotiere
  • ctôière
  • côitère
  • côtirèe
  • côtièer
  • côtièrre
  • côttière
  • côtèire
  • ôctière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccôtière1cotiere2ctôière2côitère2côtirèe2côtièer2côtièrre1côttière1
Edit distance from "côtière"

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 "côtière"?
"côtière" is spelled C-Ô-T-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.tjɛʁ\.
What does "côtière" mean?
As a noun, "côtière" means: Planche de jardinage, qui va un peu en talus et qui est ordinairement adossée à une muraille de manière à recevoir le maximum des premières chaleurs du printemps.
What words are commonly confused with "côtière"?
"côtière" is commonly confused with "côtiers", "cotiser", "côtières". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "côtière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "côtière" is \ko.tjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "côtière" come from?
"côtière" 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 "côtière", 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