côtoyer
\ko.twa.je\
The verdict
“côtoyer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,975
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être côte à côte avec, marcher auprès de, quelqu'un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cotoyer · côtoyer · French
côtoyer · rank #20,975 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,975
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cuits
Nearest frequency peer: cuits (-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 « côtoyer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- creed
creed
79,029 corpus weight
- créancier
créancier
79,028 corpus weight
- cuits
cuits
79,027 corpus weight
- côtoyer
côtoyer
79,026 corpus weight
- Dakota
Dakota
79,025 corpus weight
- devin
devin
79,024 corpus weight
What this shows « côtoyer » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | côtoyer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ko.twa.je\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « côtoyer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around côtoyer (IPA \ko.twa.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,975 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for côtoyer, with forms such as "ccôtoyer", "cotoyer", and "ctôoyer". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "coter", "Cooper", "côtoie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is côtoyer, spelled C-Ô-T-O-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être côte à côte avec, marcher auprès de, quelqu'un.
- 2Fréquenter, être en relation avec une personne.
- 3Aller tout le long de.
- 4Longer une côte, une rive, un bord.
- 5Être à proximité de, à côté de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how côtoyer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un jour, sur ses longs pieds, allait, je ne sais où, Le Héron au long bec emmanché d'un long cou. Il côtoyait une rivière. L'onde était transparente ainsi qu'aux plus beaux jours ; […].
Nous commençâmes à côtoyer la pente rapide du col, ayant à notre droite un précipice de cinq ou six cents pieds de profondeur, […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccôtoyer
- cotoyer
- ctôoyer
- côotyer
- côtoeyr
- côtoyerr
- côtoyre
- côtoyyer
- côttoyer
- côtyoer
- ôctoyer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of côtoyer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).