Which to use
“cor” is a noun and “cry” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,731
- “cor” frequency rank
- #21,937
- “cry” frequency rank
- 63668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cor | cry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Herz | weinen, heulen |
Letter map: cor vs cry
Shared letters muted; letters that set cor and cry apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for cor / cry
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cor is anoun and cryaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cor is recorded at frequency rank #41,731, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. cry is at rank #21,937, tagged as averb, pronounced [kɹaɪ].
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 63668, this pair ranks #668,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cor vs cry
Shared letters: cr. Private to "cor": o. Private to "cry": y.
"cor" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "cry" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "cor" and "cry". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #668,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cor" and "cry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cor vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #668,579 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.