Which to use
“come” and “coût” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,944
- “come” frequency rank
- #1,767
- “coût” frequency rank
- 9711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | come | coût |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chevelure. | Ce qu’une chose coûte ; son prix de revient. |
Letter map: come vs coût
Shared letters muted; letters that set come and coût apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: come and coût
come and coût 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 9711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
come is recorded at frequency rank #7,944, classified as anoun. coût is at rank #1,767, 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 9711, this pair ranks #415,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of come vs coût
Shared letters: co. Private to "come": em. Private to "coût": tû.
"come" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "coût" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- come ← ccome · cmoe · coem · ocme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "come" and "coût" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "come" or "coût"?
What to do next
Pair "come" vs "coût" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "come" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coût" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "come" and "coût" 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 #415,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.