Which to use
“couchée” is a noun and “couchez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,398
- “couchée” frequency rank
- #37,751
- “couchez” frequency rank
- 55149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | couchée | couchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu où on loge la nuit en faisant voyage. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de coucher. |
Same sound, different letters: couchée vs couchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. couchée (CVVCCVV) and couchez (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - couchée / couchez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: couchée and couchez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ku.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
couchée is recorded at frequency rank #17,398, classified as anoun, pronounced \ku.ʃe\. couchez is at rank #37,751, tagged as averb, 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 55149, this pair ranks #129,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of couchée vs couchez
Shared letters: cehou. Private to "couchée": é. Private to "couchez": z.
"couchée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "couchez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- couchez ← ccouchez · cocuhez · coucchez · coucehz · couchezz · couchhez · couchze · couhcez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "couchée" and "couchez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "couchée" vs "couchez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"couchée" and "couchez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "couchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "couchée" and "couchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coaches vs couchez". 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 #129,368 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.