Which to use
“cohortes” is a noun and “colorées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,429
- “cohortes” frequency rank
- #17,382
- “colorées” frequency rank
- 52811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohortes | colorées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cohorte. | Féminin pluriel de coloré. |
Where the eye mixes cohortes and colorées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cohortes (CVCVCCVC) and colorées (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between cohortes and colorées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cohortes is \kɔ.ɔʁt\ while colorées is \kɔ.lɔ.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cohortes is recorded at frequency rank #35,429, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔʁt\. colorées is at rank #17,382, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.lɔ.ʁe\.
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 52811, this pair ranks #145,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cohortes vs colorées
Shared letters: ceors. Private to "cohortes": ht. Private to "colorées": lé.
"cohortes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "colorées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cohortes ← ccohortes · choortes · cohhortes · cohorets · cohorrtes · cohortess · cohortse · cohorttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cohortes" for "colorées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cohortes" vs "colorées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cohortes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colorées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohortes" and "colorées" 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 #145,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.