côtoyait
\ko.twa.jɛ\
The verdict
“côtoyait” is uncommon French (frequency #79,201 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,201
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de côtoyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cotoyait · côtoyait · French
côtoyait · rank #79,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,201
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Cythère
Nearest frequency peer: Cythère (-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 « côtoyait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cuma
cuma
20,803 corpus weight
- cumulatifs
cumulatifs
20,802 corpus weight
- Cythère
Cythère
20,801 corpus weight
- côtoyait
côtoyait
20,800 corpus weight
- dahlias
dahlias
20,799 corpus weight
- dalmatiens
dalmatiens
20,797 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « côtoyait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | côtoyait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ko.twa.jɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « côtoyait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
côtoyait is uncommon French at frequency #79,201 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ko.twa.jɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de côtoyer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for côtoyait in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is côtoyait, spelled C-Ô-T-O-Y-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de côtoyer.
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 "côtoyait"?
What does "côtoyait" mean?
How do you pronounce "côtoyait"?
What language does "côtoyait" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "côtoyait", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).