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“coït” and “cook” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,723
“coït” frequency rank
#13,346
“cook” frequency rank
55069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coït cook
Definition Accouplement sexuel. Cuisinier.

Letter map: coït vs cook

Shared letters muted; letters that set coït and cook apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
coït
4 ch
cook

Corpus notes: coït and cook

coït and cook are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55069, 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\. cook is at rank #13,346, tagged as anoun.

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 55069, this pair ranks #129,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coït vs cook

Shared letters: co. Private to "coït": . Private to "cook": k.

"coït" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "cook" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cookccook · cok · coko · cookk · ocok

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coït" and "cook" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "coït" vs "cook" - which ranks higher?
"cook" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,346 in our French list, against #41,723 for "coït". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "coït" and "cook".

  • Full dictionary entry for "coït" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cook" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coït" and "cook" 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 #129,868 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list