Which to use
“cogné” is a verb and “Cooke” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,008
- “cogné” frequency rank
- #46,087
- “Cooke” frequency rank
- 73095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cogné | Cooke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe cogner. | Prénom masculin. |
Letter map: cogné vs Cooke
Shared letters muted; letters that set cogné and Cooke apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. cogné (CVCCV) and Cooke (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - cogné and Cooke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cogné is averb and Cookeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73095, 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\. Cooke is at rank #46,087, tagged as aname.
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 73095, this pair ranks #41,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cogné vs Cooke
Shared letters: co. Private to "cogné": gné. Private to "Cooke": ek.
"cogné" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Cooke" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Cooke ← ccooke · cokoe · cooek · cookke · ocoke
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "cogné" and "Cooke". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cogné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Cooke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cogné" and "Cooke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs Cooke". 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 #41,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.