Which to use
“cotées” is an adjective and “coudes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,817
- “cotées” frequency rank
- #16,586
- “coudes” frequency rank
- 40403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cotées | coudes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de coté. | Pluriel de coude. |
Where the eye mixes cotées and coudes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cotées (CVCVVC) and coudes (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between cotées and coudes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cotées is \kɔ.te\ while coudes is \kud\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40403, 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\. coudes is at rank #16,586, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kud\.
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 40403, this pair ranks #240,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cotées vs coudes
Shared letters: ceos. Private to "cotées": té. Private to "coudes": du.
"cotées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "coudes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coudes ← ccoudes · codues · couddes · coudess · coudse · coueds · cuodes · ocudes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cotées" and "coudes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cotées" vs "coudes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cotées" and "coudes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cotées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cotées" and "coudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comptées vs cotées". 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 #240,781 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.