cotiser

\kɔ.ti.ze\

/\kɔ.ti.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“cotiser” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,750
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verser une cotisation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cotiser · cotiser · French

cotiser · rank #37,750 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,750
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH correctif

Nearest frequency peer: correctif (-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 « cotiser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cotiser » 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).

cotiser vs croiser
71% similar
cotiser vs côtoyer
57% similar
cotiser vs cruiser
71% similar

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

Key facts for cotiser
PropertyValue
Headwordcotiser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.ti.ze\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,750
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cotiser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cotiserse 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 « correctif » (#37,749), « couchez » (#37,751), « coopère » (#37,748). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cotiser » est au #37,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cotiser (IPA \kɔ.ti.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,750 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cotiser, with forms such as "ccotiser", "coitser", and "cotiesr". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "croiser", "côtoyer", "cruiser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cotiser, spelled C-O-T-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verser une cotisation.
  2. 2
    Donner, chacun selon ses moyens, de quoi former une certaine somme.
  3. 3
    Agir de concert en payant de sa personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils gagnent beaucoup moins que les travailleurs urbains, mais ils doivent cotiser selon le même taux que les travailleurs urbains, par exemple.
  2. Ainsi, même le musicien qui recevait un cachet pour sa participation au bal de la rosière de Trifouilly les Oies, cotisait à la CARBALAS avec son employeur d'un jour. On imagine la complexité de la gestion des cotisations pour tant d'actes occasionnels, […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccotiser
  • coitser
  • cotiesr
  • cotiserr
  • cotisre
  • cotisser
  • cotsier
  • cottiser
  • ctoiser
  • octiser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccotiser1coitser2cotiesr2cotiserr1cotisre2cotisser1cotsier2cottiser1
Edit distance from "cotiser"

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 "cotiser"?
"cotiser" is spelled C-O-T-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ti.ze\.
What does "cotiser" mean?
As a verb, "cotiser" means: Verser une cotisation.
What words are commonly confused with "cotiser"?
"cotiser" is commonly confused with "croiser", "côtoyer", "cruiser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cotiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cotiser" is \kɔ.ti.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cotiser" come from?
"cotiser" 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 "cotiser", 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