Which to use
“cocher” and “côtier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,836
- “cocher” frequency rank
- #31,912
- “côtier” frequency rank
- 48748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocher | côtier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui permet le passage des véhicules. | Relatif à, ou qui a la connaissance, la pratique d’une côte, des côtes du bord de la mer. |
Where the eye mixes cocher and côtier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cocher vs côtier
A purely visual mix-up. cocher (\kɔ.ʃe\) and côtier (\ko.tje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48748, 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\. côtier is at rank #31,912, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ko.tje\.
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 48748, this pair ranks #176,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cocher vs côtier
Shared letters: cer. Private to "cocher": ho. Private to "côtier": itô.
"cocher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "côtier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cocher ← ccocher · ccoher · coccher · cocehr · cocherr · cochher · cochre · cohcer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cocher" and "côtier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cocher" or "côtier" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cocher" and "côtier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "côtier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocher" and "côtier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "copiée vs côtier". 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 #176,323 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.