Which to use
“comtés” and “Comtois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,441
- “comtés” frequency rank
- #32,753
- “Comtois” frequency rank
- 51194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comtés | Comtois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de comté. | Habitant de La Comté, commune française située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais. |
Where the eye mixes comtés and Comtois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comtés vs Comtois
A purely visual mix-up. comtés (\kɔ̃.te\) and Comtois (\kɔ̃.twa\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comtés is recorded at frequency rank #18,441, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.te\. Comtois is at rank #32,753, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.twa\.
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 51194, this pair ranks #156,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comtés vs Comtois
Shared letters: cmost. Private to "comtés": é. Private to "Comtois": i.
"comtés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Comtois" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Comtois ← ccomtois · cmotois · commtois · comotis · comtios · comtoiss · comtosi · comttois
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comtés" for "Comtois" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "comtés" or "Comtois" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "comtés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Comtois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comtés" and "Comtois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compos vs Comtois". 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 #156,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.