cochervsConnerTell them apart

Quick tell: cocher is a adjective, Conner is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cocher” is an adjective and “Conner” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,836
“cocher” frequency rank
#44,946
“Conner” frequency rank
61782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocher Conner
Definition Qui permet le passage des véhicules. Prénom masculin.

Where the eye mixes cocher and Conner

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

6 ch
cocher
6 ch
Conner

Why the eye confuses cocher with Conner

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cocher is \kɔ.ʃe\ while Conner is \kɔ.nœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocher is recorded at frequency rank #16,836, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʃe\. Conner is at rank #44,946, tagged as aname, pronounced \kɔ.nœʁ\.

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 61782, this pair ranks #90,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cocher vs Conner

Shared letters: ceor. Private to "cocher": h. Private to "Conner": n.

"cocher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Conner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocherccocher · ccoher · coccher · cocehr · cocherr · cochher · cochre · cohcer
  • Connercconner · cnoner · conenr · coner · connerr · connre · ocnner

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cocher" for "Conner" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cocher" is an adjective and "Conner" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cocher" or "Conner"?
"cocher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,836 in our French list, against #44,946 for "Conner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Conner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocher" and "Conner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs Conner". 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 #90,466 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