cotise
\kɔ.tiz\
The verdict
“cotise” is uncommon French (frequency #57,853 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,853
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cotisation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cotise · cotise · French
cotise · rank #57,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,853
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cosmologique
Nearest frequency peer: cosmologique (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cotise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cortisol
cortisol
42,151 corpus weight
- cosinus
cosinus
42,150 corpus weight
- cosmologique
cosmologique
42,149 corpus weight
- cotise
cotise
42,148 corpus weight
- Coutinho
Coutinho
42,147 corpus weight
- crustacé
crustacé
42,145 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cotise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cotise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.tiz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cotise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cotise is uncommon French at frequency #57,853 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.tiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cotisation.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cotise, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cotise, spelled C-O-T-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Cotisation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cotise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De 2008 à 2014, il avait fermé les yeux sur le non-paiement des cotises par… le président de la caisse.
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.
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