Which to use
“coince” is a verb and “coincées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,932
- “coince” frequency rank
- #37,733
- “coincées” frequency rank
- 63665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coince | coincées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe coincer. | Féminin pluriel de coincé. |
Where the eye mixes coince and coincées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. coince runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against coincées's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: coince vs coincées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: coince is \kwɛ̃s\ while coincées is \kwɛ̃.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coince is recorded at frequency rank #25,932, classified as averb, pronounced \kwɛ̃s\. coincées is at rank #37,733, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kwɛ̃.se\.
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 63665, this pair ranks #80,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coince vs coincées
Shared letters: ceino. Private to "coince": -. Private to "coincées": sé.
"coince" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "coincées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coince ← ccoince · cionce · coicne · coincce · coinec · coinnce · conice · ocince
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coince" for "coincées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "coince" or "coincées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "coince" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coincées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coince" and "coincées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coince 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 #80,806 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.