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

#18,958
“choqués” frequency rank
#42,248
“coquet” frequency rank
61206
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choqués coquet
Definition Masculin pluriel de choqué. Qui use de coquetterie.

Where the eye mixes choqués and coquet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
choqués
6 ch
coquet

Why the eye confuses choqués with coquet

A purely visual mix-up. choqués (\ʃɔ.ke\) and coquet (\kɔ.kɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choqués is recorded at frequency rank #18,958, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃɔ.ke\. coquet is at rank #42,248, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.kɛ\.

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 61206, this pair ranks #93,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of choqués vs coquet

Shared letters: coqu. Private to "choqués": hsé. Private to "coquet": et.

"choqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "coquet" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coquetccoquet · coqeut · coqquet · coquett · coqute · couqet · cqouet · ocquet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "choqués" and "coquet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʃɔ.ke\ versus \kɔ.kɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "choqués" vs "coquet" - which ranks higher?
"choqués" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,958 in our French list, against #42,248 for "coquet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choqués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coquet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choqués" and "coquet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coquet vs count". 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 #93,523 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