Which to use
“conde” and “cotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #43,365
- “cotte” frequency rank
- 92931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | cotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Jupe. |
Where the eye mixes conde and cotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. conde and cotte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: conde vs cotte
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) and cotte (\kɔt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conde is recorded at frequency rank #49,566, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈko̞n.de̞\. cotte is at rank #43,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔt\.
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 92931, this pair ranks #2,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs cotte
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "conde": dn. Private to "cotte": t.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conde" and "cotte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "conde" or "cotte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "conde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "cotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CNE 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 #2,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.