Which to use
“cocotte” and “cohorte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,392
- “cocotte” frequency rank
- #22,210
- “cohorte” frequency rank
- 42602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocotte | cohorte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Terme par lequel les enfants désignent les poules. | Corps d’infanterie dans la légion romaine. |
Where the eye mixes cocotte and cohorte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cocotte and cohorte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cocotte vs cohorte
A purely visual mix-up. cocotte (\kɔ.kɔt\) and cohorte (\kɔ.ɔʁt\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cocotte is recorded at frequency rank #20,392, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.kɔt\. cohorte is at rank #22,210, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔʁt\.
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 42602, this pair ranks #224,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cocotte vs cohorte
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cocotte": -. Private to "cohorte": hr.
"cocotte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "cohorte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cocotte" and "cohorte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cocotte" vs "cohorte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cocotte" and "cohorte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cohorte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocotte" and "cohorte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocotte vs Cosette". 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 #224,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.