Which to use
“coyote” and “coyotes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,024
- “coyote” frequency rank
- #30,964
- “coyotes” frequency rank
- 57988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coyote | coyotes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mammifère carnivore de la famille des canidés (Canis latrans), originaire d’Amérique du Nord, qui ressemble à un petit loup. | Pluriel de coyote. |
Same sound, different letters: coyote vs coyotes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. coyote runs 6 letters (CVVVCV) against coyotes's 7 (CVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: coyote vs coyotes
This is the hard kind. coyote and coyotes are pronounced identically (\kɔ.jɔt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “coyote” sits inside “coyotes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coyote is recorded at frequency rank #27,024, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.jɔt\. coyotes is at rank #30,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.jɔt\.
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 57988, this pair ranks #111,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coyote vs coyotes
Shared letters: ceoty. Private to "coyote": -. Private to "coyotes": s.
"coyote" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "coyotes" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coyote" for "coyotes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "coyote" vs "coyotes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "coyote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coyotes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coyote" and "coyotes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocottes vs coyotes". 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 #111,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.