charvscorWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“char” and “cor” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,983
“char” frequency rank
#41,731
“cor” frequency rank
73714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature char cor
Definition Fuder, Fuhre, Karren, Wagen, Fuhrwerk, Förderwagen, Hund, Hunt, Laufkatze das Herz

Letter map: char vs cor

Shared letters muted; letters that set char and cor apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
char
3 ch
cor

Spelling & dictionary notes on char vs cor

char and cor are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

char is recorded at frequency rank #31,983, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃaʁ]. cor is at rank #41,731, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 73714, this pair ranks #352,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of char vs cor

Shared letters: cr. Private to "char": ah. Private to "cor": o.

"char" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "cor" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charcahr · cchar · charr · chhar · chra · hcar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "char" for "cor" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "char" vs "cor" - which ranks higher?
"char" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,983 in our German list, against #41,731 for "cor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "char" and "cor". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "char" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #352,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "char" and "cor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cor vs puzzles". 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 #352,814 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list