Cotillard

Name: Cotillard, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kɔ.ti.jaʁ\

/\kɔ.ti.jaʁ\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Cotillard” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,450
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cotillard · Cotillard · French

Cotillard · rank #35,450 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,450
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH cordages

Nearest frequency peer: cordages (-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.

coppola

64,554
coquillage

64,553
cordages

64,552
Cotillard

64,551
counter

64,550
courroux

64,549

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Cotillard vs couillard

78% similar

Cotillard vs Collard

78% similar

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

Key facts for Cotillard
Property	Value
Headword	Cotillard
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\kɔ.ti.jaʁ\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#35,450
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cotillard »

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

#35,450

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cordages » (#35,449), « counter » (#35,451), « coquillage » (#35,448). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cotillard » est au #35,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Cotillard (IPA \kɔ.ti.jaʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,450 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cotillard, with forms such as "ccotillard", "coitllard", and "cotilalrd". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "couillard", "Collard", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cotillard, spelled C-O-T-I-L-L-A-R-D.

Definition

1
Nom de famille français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Tout comme choisir Yannick Noah et Marion Cotillard comme parrain et marraine ajoute une touche de prestige.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccotillard
coitllard
cotilalrd
cotilard
cotilladr
cotillardd
cotillarrd
cotillrad
cotlilard
cottillard
ctoillard
octillard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Cotillard"

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 "Cotillard"?

"Cotillard" is spelled C-O-T-I-L-L-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ti.jaʁ\.

What does "Cotillard" mean?

As a proper noun, "Cotillard" means: Nom de famille français.

What words are commonly confused with "Cotillard"?

"Cotillard" is commonly confused with "couillard", "Collard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Cotillard"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cotillard" is \kɔ.ti.jaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Cotillard" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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