Which to use
“coucher” and “couchez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,271
- “coucher” frequency rank
- #37,751
- “couchez” frequency rank
- 40022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coucher | couchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendre de son long sur la terre, sur un lit, etc., mettre quelque chose en position horizontale. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de coucher. |
Same sound, different letters: coucher vs couchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - coucher and couchez
This is the hard kind. coucher and couchez are pronounced identically (\ku.ʃe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “coucher” becomes z in “couchez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coucher is recorded at frequency rank #2,271, classified as averb, 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 40022, this pair ranks #243,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coucher vs couchez
Shared letters: cehou. Private to "coucher": r. Private to "couchez": z.
"coucher" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "couchez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coucher" for "couchez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "coucher" or "couchez"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "coucher" 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 #243,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coucher" 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 #243,613 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.