Which to use
“cocotier” and “cocotiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,936
- “cocotier” frequency rank
- #42,232
- “cocotiers” frequency rank
- 87168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocotier | cocotiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Palmier cultivé présent dans toute la zone intertropicale humide, pouvant atteindre 20 mètres de haut, à couronne de feuilles dépassant quelquefois six mètres de long, et au port souvent courbe qui produit des drupes, les noix de coco. | Pluriel de cocotier. |
Same sound, different letters: cocotier vs cocotiers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. cocotier runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against cocotiers's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cocotier vs cocotiers
This is the hard kind. cocotier and cocotiers are pronounced identically (\kɔ.kɔ.tje\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cocotier” sits inside “cocotiers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cocotier is recorded at frequency rank #44,936, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.kɔ.tje\. cocotiers is at rank #42,232, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.kɔ.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 87168, this pair ranks #8,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cocotier vs cocotiers
Shared letters: ceiort. Private to "cocotier": -. Private to "cocotiers": s.
"cocotier" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "cocotiers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cocotier" and "cocotiers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cocotier" vs "cocotiers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"cocotier" and "cocotiers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocotier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cocotiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocotier" and "cocotiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocotier vs colorier". 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 #8,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.