Which to use
“cops” is a verb and “corps” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,118
- “cops” frequency rank
- #13,119
- “corps” frequency rank
- 26237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cops | corps |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cop | Körper, Leib |
Letter map: cops vs corps
Shared letters muted; letters that set cops and corps apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for cops / corps
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cops is averb and corpsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cops is recorded at frequency rank #13,118, 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 26237, this pair ranks #1,821,145 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cops vs corps
Shared letters: cops. Private to "cops": -. Private to "corps": r.
"cops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "corps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cops" and "corps" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "cops" or "corps" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "cops" and "corps". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cops" 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 #1,821,145 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cops" and "corps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cops 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 #1,821,145 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.