Which to use
“cocon” and “cocos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,930
- “cocon” frequency rank
- #29,696
- “cocos” frequency rank
- 55626
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocon | cocos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enveloppe que se filent beaucoup de larves d’insectes, et dans laquelle doit s’opérer leur dernière mue. | Pluriel de coco. |
Where the eye mixes cocon and cocos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cocon vs cocos
A purely visual mix-up. cocon (\kɔ.kɔ̃\) and cocos (\ko.ko\) 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 - n in “cocon” becomes s in “cocos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cocon is recorded at frequency rank #25,930, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.kɔ̃\. cocos is at rank #29,696, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ko.ko\.
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 55626, this pair ranks #126,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cocon vs cocos
Shared letters: co. Private to "cocon": n. Private to "cocos": s.
"cocon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cocos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cocon" for "cocos" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cocon" and "cocos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cocos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocon" and "cocos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocos vs croco". 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 #126,261 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.