Which to use
“coït” and “confit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,723
- “coït” frequency rank
- #32,756
- “confit” frequency rank
- 74479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coït | confit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accouplement sexuel. | Spécialité culinaire de Gascogne à base de viande cuite dans de la graisse. |
Where the eye mixes coït and confit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. coït runs 4 letters (CVCC) against confit's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: coït vs confit
A purely visual mix-up. coït (\kɔ.it\) and confit (\kɔ̃.fi\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coït is recorded at frequency rank #41,723, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.it\. confit is at rank #32,756, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi\.
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 74479, this pair ranks #37,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coït vs confit
Shared letters: cot. Private to "coït": ï. Private to "confit": fin.
"coït" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "confit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confit ← cconfit · cnofit · cofnit · conffit · confitt · confti · conift · connfit
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coït" for "confit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "coït" vs "confit" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "coït" and "confit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coït" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coït" and "confit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coït vs coon". 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 #37,042 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.