Which to use
“come” and “cou” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,944
- “come” frequency rank
- #3,063
- “cou” frequency rank
- 11007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | come | cou |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chevelure. | Partie du corps qui joint la tête aux épaules. |
Letter map: come vs cou
Shared letters muted; letters that set come and cou apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: come and cou
come and cou 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
come is recorded at frequency rank #7,944, classified as anoun. cou is at rank #3,063, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku\.
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 11007, this pair ranks #410,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of come vs cou
Shared letters: co. Private to "come": em. Private to "cou": u.
"come" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cou" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- come ← ccome · cmoe · coem · ocme
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "come" for "cou" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "come" or "cou" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "come" and "cou". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "come" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cou" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "come" and "cou" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "come 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 #410,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.