Which to use
“coincées” is an adjective and “coincer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,733
- “coincées” frequency rank
- #24,520
- “coincer” frequency rank
- 62253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coincées | coincer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de coincé. | Enfoncer des coins pour écarter, fendre. |
Same sound, different letters: coincées vs coincer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. coincées runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against coincer's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - coincées and coincer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: coincées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coincées is recorded at frequency rank #37,733, 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 62253, this pair ranks #88,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coincées vs coincer
Shared letters: ceino. Private to "coincées": sé. Private to "coincer": r.
"coincées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "coincer" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coincer ← ccoincer · cioncer · coicner · coinccer · coincerr · coincre · coinecr · coinncer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coincées" for "coincer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "coincées" or "coincer"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "coincées" 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 #88,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coincées" 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 #88,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.