Which to use
“cafés” is a noun and “codés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,443
- “cafés” frequency rank
- #47,232
- “codés” frequency rank
- 56675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cafés | codés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de café. | Masculin pluriel de codé. |
Where the eye mixes cafés and codés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cafés and codés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cafés vs codés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cafés is \ka.fe\ while codés is \kɔ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cafés is recorded at frequency rank #9,443, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.fe\. codés is at rank #47,232, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.de\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56675, this pair ranks #119,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cafés vs codés
Shared letters: csé. Private to "cafés": af. Private to "codés": do.
"cafés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "codés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cafés" for "codés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cafés" vs "codés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cafés" and "codés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cafés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "codés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cafés" and "codés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codés vs conde". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #119,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.