Which to use
“cortège” is a noun and “cotée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,131
- “cortège” frequency rank
- #22,815
- “cotée” frequency rank
- 32946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cortège | cotée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite de personnes qui en accompagnent une autre avec cérémonie et pour lui faire honneur. | Féminin singulier de coté. |
Where the eye mixes cortège and cotée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cortège runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cotée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cortège vs cotée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cortège is \kɔʁ.tɛʒ\ while cotée is \kɔ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cortège is recorded at frequency rank #10,131, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.tɛʒ\. cotée is at rank #22,815, 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 32946, this pair ranks #293,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cortège vs cotée
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cortège": grè. Private to "cotée": é.
"cortège" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cotée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cortège" for "cotée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cortège" or "cotée" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cortège" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cotée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cortège" and "cotée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs cotée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #293,896 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.