Which to use
“coche” and “couchée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,154
- “coche” frequency rank
- #17,398
- “couchée” frequency rank
- 41552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coche | couchée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ancien chariot couvert dont le corps n’était pas suspendu et dans lequel on voyageait. | Lieu où on loge la nuit en faisant voyage. |
Where the eye mixes coche and couchée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. coche runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against couchée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: coche vs couchée
A purely visual mix-up. coche (\kɔʃ\) and couchée (\ku.ʃe\) 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 41552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coche is recorded at frequency rank #24,154, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʃ\. couchée is at rank #17,398, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.ʃe\.
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 41552, this pair ranks #232,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coche vs couchée
Shared letters: ceho. Private to "coche": -. Private to "couchée": ué.
"coche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "couchée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- coche ← ccoche · ccohe · cocche · coceh · cochhe · cohce · ocche
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coche" for "couchée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "coche" or "couchée" show up more?
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 "coche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couchée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coche" and "couchée" 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 #232,280 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.