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Which to use

“cohue” and “corte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,188
“cohue” frequency rank
#27,386
“corte” frequency rank
67574
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cohue corte
Definition Nom du lieu où les petites justices, dans quelques provinces, se tenaient. Cour.

Where the eye mixes cohue and corte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cohue (CVCVV) and corte (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
cohue
5 ch
corte

Visual trap between cohue and corte

A purely visual mix-up. cohue (\kɔ.y\) and corte (\ˈkɔr.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67574, 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\. corte is at rank #27,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkɔr.te\.

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 67574, this pair ranks #62,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cohue vs corte

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "cohue": hu. Private to "corte": rt.

"cohue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "corte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cohue ← ccohue · choue · coheu · cohhue · couhe · ochue
  • corte ← ccorte · coret · corrte · cotre · ocrte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cohue" for "corte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.y\ versus \ˈkɔr.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cohue" vs "corte" - which ranks higher?
"corte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,386 in our French list, against #40,188 for "cohue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cohue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cohue" and "corte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cohue vs conde". 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 #62,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list