codervscohenTell them apart

Quick tell: coder is a verb, cohen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coder” is a verb and “cohen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,950
“coder” frequency rank
#9,620
“cohen” frequency rank
40570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coder cohen
Definition Transcrire un texte, une information dans une écriture faite de signes prédéfinis. Celui qui, dans le judaïsme, est considéré comme un descendant de la race sacerdotale d’Aaron.

Letter map: coder vs cohen

Shared letters muted; letters that set coder and cohen apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
coder
5 ch
cohen

Part-of-speech tell for coder / cohen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coder is averb and cohenanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coder is recorded at frequency rank #30,950, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.de\. cohen is at rank #9,620, tagged as anoun.

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 40570, this pair ranks #239,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coder vs cohen

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "coder": dr. Private to "cohen": hn.

"coder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "cohen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coderccoder · cdoer · codder · coderr · codre · coedr · ocder
  • cohenccohen · choen · coehn · cohenn · cohhen · cohne · ochen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coder" and "cohen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coder" is a verb and "cohen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "coder" or "cohen"?
"cohen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,620 in our French list, against #30,950 for "coder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "coder" and "cohen".

  • Full dictionary entry for "coder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cohen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coder" and "cohen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coder vs conde". 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 #239,520 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list