Which to use
“coince” and “coincer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,932
- “coince” frequency rank
- #24,520
- “coincer” frequency rank
- 50452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coince | coincer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe coincer. | Enfoncer des coins pour écarter, fendre. |
Where the eye mixes coince and coincer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. coince runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against coincer's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between coince and coincer
A purely visual mix-up. coince (\kwɛ̃s\) and coincer (\kwɛ̃.se\) 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 extra letter(s) - “coince” sits inside “coincer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50452, 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\. coincer is at rank #24,520, tagged as averb, 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 50452, this pair ranks #162,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coince vs coincer
Shared letters: ceino. Private to "coince": -. Private to "coincer": r.
"coince" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "coincer" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coince" and "coincer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "coince" or "coincer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "coince" and "coincer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coince" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coincer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coince" and "coincer" 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 #162,503 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.