Which to use
“cohorte” and “cohortes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,210
- “cohorte” frequency rank
- #35,429
- “cohortes” frequency rank
- 57639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohorte | cohortes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corps d’infanterie dans la légion romaine. | Pluriel de cohorte. |
Same sound, different letters: cohorte vs cohortes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cohorte runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against cohortes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cohorte vs cohortes
This is the hard kind. cohorte and cohortes are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ɔʁt\) 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) - “cohorte” sits inside “cohortes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cohorte is recorded at frequency rank #22,210, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔʁt\. cohortes is at rank #35,429, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔʁt\.
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 57639, this pair ranks #113,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cohorte vs cohortes
Shared letters: cehort. Private to "cohorte": -. Private to "cohortes": s.
"cohorte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "cohortes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cohorte" and "cohortes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cohorte" vs "cohortes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cohorte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cohortes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohorte" and "cohortes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocottes vs cohortes". 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 #113,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.