Which to use
“cogné” is a verb and “cont” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,008
- “cogné” frequency rank
- #44,949
- “cont” frequency rank
- 71957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cogné | cont |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe cogner. | Compte. |
Where the eye mixes cogné and cont
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cogné runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cont's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cogné vs cont
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cogné is \kɔ.ɲe\ while cont is \ˈkont\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cogné is recorded at frequency rank #27,008, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.ɲe\. cont is at rank #44,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkont\.
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 71957, this pair ranks #45,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cogné vs cont
Shared letters: cno. Private to "cogné": gé. Private to "cont": t.
"cogné" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cont ← ccont · cnot · connt · contt · cotn · ocnt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cogné" and "cont" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cogné" or "cont"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cogné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cont" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cogné" and "cont" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs cont". 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 #45,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.