Which to use
“coincée” is an adjective and “coincer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,590
- “coincée” frequency rank
- #24,520
- “coincer” frequency rank
- 40110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coincée | coincer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de coincé. | Enfoncer des coins pour écarter, fendre. |
Same sound, different letters: coincée vs coincer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. coincée (CVVCCVV) and coincer (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - coincée and coincer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: coincée and coincer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kwɛ̃.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coincée is recorded at frequency rank #15,590, classified as anadj, pronounced \kwɛ̃.se\. 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 40110, this pair ranks #242,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coincée vs coincer
Shared letters: ceino. Private to "coincée": é. Private to "coincer": r.
"coincée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "coincer" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coincer ← ccoincer · cioncer · coicner · coinccer · coincerr · coincre · coinecr · coinncer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coincée" for "coincer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "coincée" or "coincer"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "coincée" / "coincer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "coincée" 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 #242,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coincée" and "coincer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coincer vs Conner". 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 #242,961 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.