Which to use
“cotte” and “coyote” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,365
- “cotte” frequency rank
- #27,024
- “coyote” frequency rank
- 70389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cotte | coyote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jupe. | Mammifère carnivore de la famille des canidés (Canis latrans), originaire d’Amérique du Nord, qui ressemble à un petit loup. |
Where the eye mixes cotte and coyote
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cotte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against coyote's 6 (CVVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cotte and coyote
A purely visual mix-up. cotte (\kɔt\) and coyote (\kɔ.jɔt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cotte is recorded at frequency rank #43,365, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔt\. coyote is at rank #27,024, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.jɔt\.
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 70389, this pair ranks #51,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cotte vs coyote
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cotte": -. Private to "coyote": y.
"cotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "coyote" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cotte" and "coyote" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cotte" or "coyote" 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 "cotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coyote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cotte" and "coyote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cosette vs cotte". 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 #51,479 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.