Which to use
“cotte” and “crotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,365
- “cotte” frequency rank
- #22,221
- “crotte” frequency rank
- 65586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cotte | crotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jupe. | Fiente, en forme de boulettes, de certains animaux. |
Where the eye mixes cotte and crotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cotte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against crotte's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cotte vs crotte
A purely visual mix-up. cotte (\kɔt\) and crotte (\kʁɔt\) 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 65586, 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\. crotte is at rank #22,221, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔt\.
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 65586, this pair ranks #71,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cotte vs crotte
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cotte": -. Private to "crotte": r.
"cotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "crotte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cotte" and "crotte" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cotte" or "crotte"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cotte" and "crotte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cotte" and "crotte" 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 #71,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.