Which to use
“cohue” and “coques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,188
- “cohue” frequency rank
- #16,585
- “coques” frequency rank
- 56773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohue | coques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom du lieu où les petites justices, dans quelques provinces, se tenaient. | Pluriel de coque. |
Where the eye mixes cohue and coques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. cohue (\kɔ.y\) and coques (\kɔk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cohue is recorded at frequency rank #40,188, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.y\. coques is at rank #16,585, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔk\.
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 56773, this pair ranks #119,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cohue vs coques
Shared letters: ceou. Private to "cohue": h. Private to "coques": qs.
"cohue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "coques" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC