chorsvscorpsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: chors is a verb, corps is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“chors” is a verb and “corps” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,693
“chors” frequency rank
#13,119
“corps” frequency rank
48812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chors corps
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs chor Körper, Leib

Letter map: chors vs corps

Shared letters muted; letters that set chors and corps apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
chors
5 ch
corps

Role in the sentence - chors and corps

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chors is averb and corpsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chors is recorded at frequency rank #35,693, classified as averb, pronounced […]. corps is at rank #13,119, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kɔʁ].

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 48812, this pair ranks #1,234,737 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chors vs corps

Shared letters: cors. Private to "chors": h. Private to "corps": p.

"chors" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "corps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chorscchors · chhors · chorrs · chorss · chosr · chros · cohrs · hcors
  • corpsccorps · coprs · corpps · corpss · corrps · corsp · crops · ocrps

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "chors" for "corps" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chors" is a verb and "corps" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "chors" vs "corps" - which ranks higher?
"corps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,119 in our German list, against #35,693 for "chors". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "chors" and "corps". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,234,737 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chors" and "corps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chors 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 #1,234,737 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