Which to use
“connes” and “cotées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,619
- “connes” frequency rank
- #23,817
- “cotées” frequency rank
- 57436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connes | cotées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de con. | Féminin pluriel de coté. |
Where the eye mixes connes and cotées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. connes (CVCCVC) and cotées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: connes vs cotées
A purely visual mix-up. connes (\kɔn\) and cotées (\kɔ.te\) 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 57436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connes is recorded at frequency rank #33,619, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔn\. cotées is at rank #23,817, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.te\.
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 57436, this pair ranks #115,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connes vs cotées
Shared letters: ceos. Private to "connes": n. Private to "cotées": té.
"connes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cotées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connes ← cconnes · cnones · conens · conness · connse · ocnnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "connes" and "cotées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "connes" or "cotées" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "connes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cotées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connes" and "cotées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congres vs connes". 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 #115,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.