Which to use
“cohérente” and “cohérentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,544
- “cohérente” frequency rank
- #33,174
- “cohérentes” frequency rank
- 46718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohérente | cohérentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de cohérent. | Féminin pluriel de cohérent. |
Same sound, different letters: cohérente vs cohérentes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. cohérente runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against cohérentes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cohérente vs cohérentes
This is the hard kind. cohérente and cohérentes are pronounced identically (\kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃t\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “cohérente” sits inside “cohérentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cohérente is recorded at frequency rank #13,544, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃t\. cohérentes is at rank #33,174, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃t\.
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 46718, this pair ranks #192,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cohérente vs cohérentes
Shared letters: cehnorté. Private to "cohérente": -. Private to "cohérentes": s.
"cohérente" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "cohérentes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "cohérente" / "cohérentes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cohérente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cohérentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohérente" and "cohérentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cohérentes vs cohérents". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #192,679 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.