Which to use
“cohue” and “cousue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,188
- “cohue” frequency rank
- #39,728
- “cousue” frequency rank
- 79916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohue | cousue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom du lieu où les petites justices, dans quelques provinces, se tenaient. | Cigarette industrielle, déjà roulée, par opposition à celle que l’on roule soi-même. |
Where the eye mixes cohue and cousue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cohue runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against cousue's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cohue with cousue
A purely visual mix-up. cohue (\kɔ.y\) and cousue (\ku.zy\) 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 79916, 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\. cousue is at rank #39,728, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.zy\.
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 79916, this pair ranks #22,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cohue vs cousue
Shared letters: ceou. Private to "cohue": h. Private to "cousue": s.
"cohue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cousue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cohue" and "cousue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cohue" or "cousue" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cohue" and "cousue" 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 "cousue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohue" and "cousue" 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 #22,155 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.