Which to use
“citer” and “coter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,596
- “citer” frequency rank
- #37,252
- “coter” frequency rank
- 40848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citer | coter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assigner à comparaître devant une juridiction civile ou religieuse. | Marquer suivant l’ordre des lettres ou des nombres, numéroter. |
Where the eye mixes citer and coter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. citer and coter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: citer vs coter
A purely visual mix-up. citer (\si.te\) and coter (\kɔ.te\) 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 a single letter - i in “citer” becomes o in “coter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citer is recorded at frequency rank #3,596, classified as averb, pronounced \si.te\. coter is at rank #37,252, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.te\.
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 40848, this pair ranks #237,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of citer vs coter
Shared letters: cert. Private to "citer": i. Private to "coter": o.
"citer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "coter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "citer" for "coter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "citer" vs "coter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "citer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citer" and "coter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "citera vs coter". 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 #237,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.