Which to use
“cotée” is an adjective and “crée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,815
- “cotée” frequency rank
- #2,272
- “crée” frequency rank
- 25087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cotée | crée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de coté. | Sorte de toile. |
Where the eye mixes cotée and crée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cotée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against crée's 4 (CCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cotée vs crée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cotée is \kɔ.te\ while crée is \kʁe.ə\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25087, 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\. crée is at rank #2,272, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁe.ə\.
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 25087, this pair ranks #342,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cotée vs crée
Shared letters: ceé. Private to "cotée": ot. Private to "crée": r.
"cotée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "crée" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cotée" and "crée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cotée" vs "crée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cotée" and "crée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cotée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cotée" and "crée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs cotée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.