Which to use
“cohue” and “cotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,188
- “cohue” frequency rank
- #43,365
- “cotte” frequency rank
- 83553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohue | cotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom du lieu où les petites justices, dans quelques provinces, se tenaient. | Jupe. |
Where the eye mixes cohue and cotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cohue (CVCVV) and cotte (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses cohue with cotte
A purely visual mix-up. cohue (\kɔ.y\) and cotte (\kɔt\) 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 83553, 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\. cotte is at rank #43,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔt\.
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 83553, this pair ranks #14,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cohue vs cotte
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "cohue": hu. Private to "cotte": t.
"cohue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cohue" and "cotte" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cohue" or "cotte"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cohue" and "cotte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cohue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohue" and "cotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cosette vs cotte". 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 #14,601 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.