Which to use
“comptes” is a noun and “coupées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,251
- “comptes” frequency rank
- #14,648
- “coupées” frequency rank
- 15899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comptes | coupées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de compte. | Féminin pluriel de coupé. |
Where the eye mixes comptes and coupées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comptes vs coupées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comptes is \kɔ̃t\ while coupées is \ku.pe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comptes is recorded at frequency rank #1,251, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃t\. coupées is at rank #14,648, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ku.pe\.
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 15899, this pair ranks #390,346 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comptes vs coupées
Shared letters: ceops. Private to "comptes": mt. Private to "coupées": ué.
"comptes" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "coupées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comptes ← ccomptes · cmoptes · commptes · compets · compptes · comptess · comptse · compttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comptes" and "coupées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "comptes" vs "coupées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "comptes" and "coupées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "comptes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coupées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,346 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comptes" and "coupées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupées vs courges". 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 #390,346 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.