Which to use
“clocher” and “coche” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,224
- “clocher” frequency rank
- #24,154
- “coche” frequency rank
- 38378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clocher | coche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bâtiment de maçonnerie ou de charpente dans lequel sont suspendues les cloches et qui est ordinairement élevé au-dessus d’une église. | Ancien chariot couvert dont le corps n’était pas suspendu et dans lequel on voyageait. |
Where the eye mixes clocher and coche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. clocher runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against coche's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: clocher vs coche
A purely visual mix-up. clocher (\klɔ.ʃe\) and coche (\kɔʃ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clocher is recorded at frequency rank #14,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.ʃe\. coche is at rank #24,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʃ\.
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 38378, this pair ranks #255,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clocher vs coche
Shared letters: ceho. Private to "clocher": lr. Private to "coche": -.
"clocher" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "coche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clocher" and "coche" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clocher" or "coche" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "clocher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clocher" and "coche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coche vs conde". 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 #255,676 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.