Which to use
“couché” is an adjective and “couchers” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,487
- “couché” frequency rank
- #44,398
- “couchers” frequency rank
- 50885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | couché | couchers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Allongé sur un lit, généralement pour dormir. | Pluriel de coucher. |
Same sound, different letters: couché vs couchers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. couché runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against couchers's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: couché vs couchers
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: couché and couchers carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ku.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
couché is recorded at frequency rank #6,487, classified as anadj, pronounced \ku.ʃe\. couchers is at rank #44,398, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.ʃe\.
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 50885, this pair ranks #159,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of couché vs couchers
Shared letters: chou. Private to "couché": é. Private to "couchers": ers.
"couché" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "couchers" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- couchers ← ccouchers · cocuhers · coucchers · coucehrs · coucherrs · coucherss · couchesr · couchhers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "couché" and "couchers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "couché" or "couchers"?
What to do next
"couché" and "couchers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "couché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couchers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "couché" and "couchers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coaches vs couchers". 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 #159,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.