coravscoreConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#28,594
“cora” frequency rank
#15,059
“core” frequency rank
43653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cora core
Definition 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs corar Kern

Letter map: cora vs core

Shared letters muted; letters that set cora and core apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
cora
4 ch
core

Grammar separator: cora vs core

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cora is averb and coreanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “cora” becomes e in “core”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cora is recorded at frequency rank #28,594, classified as averb, pronounced […]. core is at rank #15,059, 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 43653, this pair ranks #1,411,224 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cora vs core

Shared letters: cor. Private to "cora": a. Private to "core": e.

"cora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "core" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coraccora · coar · corra · croa · ocra
  • coreccore · coer · corre · croe · ocre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cora" and "core" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cora" is a verb and "core" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "cora" or "core" show up more?
"core" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,059 in our German list, against #28,594 for "cora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cora" and "core".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "core" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,411,224 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cora" and "core" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cora 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 #1,411,224 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