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“chip” and “coït” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,369
“chip” frequency rank
#41,723
“coït” frequency rank
69092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chip coït
Definition Synonyme de micropuce. Accouplement sexuel.

Where the eye mixes chip and coït

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

4 ch
chip
4 ch
coït

Look-alike desk: chip vs coït

A purely visual mix-up. chip (\tʃip\) and coït (\kɔ.it\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chip is recorded at frequency rank #27,369, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʃip\. coït is at rank #41,723, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.it\.

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 69092, this pair ranks #56,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chip vs coït

Shared letters: c. Private to "chip": hip. Private to "coït": otï.

"chip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "coït" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chipcchip · chhip · chipp · chpi · cihp · hcip

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "chip" for "coït" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\tʃip\ versus \kɔ.it\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "chip" or "coït"?
"chip" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,369 in our French list, against #41,723 for "coït". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chip" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coït" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chip" and "coït" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coït vs coon". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #56,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list