Which to use
“cocottes” and “cohortes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,660
- “cocottes” frequency rank
- #35,429
- “cohortes” frequency rank
- 82089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocottes | cohortes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cocotte. | Pluriel de cohorte. |
Where the eye mixes cocottes and cohortes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cocottes and cohortes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cocottes with cohortes
A purely visual mix-up. cocottes (\kɔ.kɔt\) and cohortes (\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 82089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cocottes is recorded at frequency rank #46,660, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.kɔt\. cohortes is at rank #35,429, 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 82089, this pair ranks #17,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cocottes vs cohortes
Shared letters: ceost. Private to "cocottes": -. Private to "cohortes": hr.
"cocottes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "cohortes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cocottes" for "cohortes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cocottes" or "cohortes"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocottes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cohortes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocottes" and "cohortes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocotier vs cocottes". 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 #17,444 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.