Which to use
“cohue” and “croque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,188
- “cohue” frequency rank
- #18,703
- “croque” frequency rank
- 58891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohue | croque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom du lieu où les petites justices, dans quelques provinces, se tenaient. | Croque-monsieur. |
Where the eye mixes cohue and croque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cohue runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against croque's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cohue with croque
A purely visual mix-up. cohue (\kɔ.y\) and croque (\kʁɔk\) 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 58891, 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\. croque is at rank #18,703, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔk\.
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 58891, this pair ranks #106,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cohue vs croque
Shared letters: ceou. Private to "cohue": h. Private to "croque": qr.
"cohue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "croque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cohue" and "croque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cohue" or "croque" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cohue" and "croque" 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 "croque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohue" and "croque" 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 #106,293 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.