Which to use
“cotées” is an adjective and “coter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,817
- “cotées” frequency rank
- #37,252
- “coter” frequency rank
- 61069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cotées | coter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de coté. | Marquer suivant l’ordre des lettres ou des nombres, numéroter. |
Same sound, different letters: cotées vs coter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. cotées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against coter's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cotées vs coter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cotées and coter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cotées is recorded at frequency rank #23,817, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.te\. coter is at rank #37,252, tagged as averb, 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 61069, this pair ranks #94,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cotées vs coter
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cotées": sé. Private to "coter": r.
"cotées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "coter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coter ← ccoter · coetr · coterr · cotter · ctoer · octer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cotées" for "coter" ever safe?
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What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cotées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cotées" and "coter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "citera vs coter". 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 #94,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.