Which to use
“couchers” and “couches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,398
- “couchers” frequency rank
- #4,742
- “couches” frequency rank
- 49140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | couchers | couches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de coucher. | Temps pendant lequel une femme demeure au lit à cause de l’enfantement. |
Where the eye mixes couchers and couches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. couchers runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against couches's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: couchers vs couches
A purely visual mix-up. couchers (\ku.ʃe\) and couches (\kuʃ\) 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 49140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
couchers is recorded at frequency rank #44,398, classified as anoun, pronounced \ku.ʃe\. couches is at rank #4,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kuʃ\.
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 49140, this pair ranks #173,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of couchers vs couches
Shared letters: cehosu. Private to "couchers": r. Private to "couches": -.
"couchers" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "couches" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "couchers" and "couches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "couchers" or "couches" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "couchers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "couchers" and "couches" 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 #173,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.