Which to use
“coffret” and “coffrets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,733
- “coffret” frequency rank
- #29,286
- “coffrets” frequency rank
- 41019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coffret | coffrets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit coffre. | Pluriel de coffret. |
Same sound, different letters: coffret vs coffrets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - coffret and coffrets
This is the hard kind. coffret and coffrets are pronounced identically (\kɔ.fʁɛ\) 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) - “coffret” sits inside “coffrets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coffret is recorded at frequency rank #11,733, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.fʁɛ\. coffrets is at rank #29,286, 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 41019, this pair ranks #236,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coffret vs coffrets
Shared letters: cefort. Private to "coffret": -. Private to "coffrets": s.
"coffret" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "coffrets" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coffret" and "coffrets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "coffret" or "coffrets" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "coffret" / "coffrets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "coffret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coffrets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coffret" and "coffrets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coffres vs coffrets". 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 #236,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.