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“coffres” and “coffret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,636
- “coffres” frequency rank
- #11,733
- “coffret” frequency rank
- 26369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coffres | coffret |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de coffre. | Petit coffre. |
Where the eye mixes coffres and coffret
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. coffres and coffret follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: coffres vs coffret
A purely visual mix-up. coffres (\kɔfʁ\) and coffret (\kɔ.fʁɛ\) 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 - s in “coffres” becomes t in “coffret”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coffres is recorded at frequency rank #14,636, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔfʁ\. coffret is at rank #11,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.fʁɛ\.
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 26369, this pair ranks #335,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coffres vs coffret
Shared letters: cefor. Private to "coffres": s. Private to "coffret": t.
"coffres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "coffret" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coffres" and "coffret" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "coffres" vs "coffret" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "coffres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coffret" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coffres" and "coffret" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coffres vs congres". 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 #335,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.