Which to use
“cotée” is an adjective and “côtoie” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,815
- “cotée” frequency rank
- #20,109
- “côtoie” frequency rank
- 42924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cotée | côtoie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de coté. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de côtoyer. |
Where the eye mixes cotée and côtoie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cotée is \kɔ.te\ while côtoie is \ko.twa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cotée is recorded at frequency rank #22,815, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.te\. côtoie is at rank #20,109, tagged as averb, pronounced \ko.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 42924, this pair ranks #221,891 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cotée vs côtoie
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cotée": é. Private to "côtoie": iô.
"cotée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "côtoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV