Which to use
“cor” is an intj and “cours” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,048
- “cor” frequency rank
- #47,550
- “cours” frequency rank
- 66598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cor | cours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Expression of surprise. | three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season. |
Letter map: cor vs cours
Shared letters muted; letters that set cor and cours apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cor / cours
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cor is anintj and coursanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cor is recorded at frequency rank #19,048, classified as anintj, pronounced /kɔɹ/. cours is at rank #47,550, tagged as anoun.
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 66598, this pair ranks #67,260 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cor vs cours
Shared letters: cor. Private to "cor": -. Private to "cours": su.
"cor" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "cours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cours ← ccours · corus · courrs · courss · cousr · cuors
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cor" and "cours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "cor" or "cours" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cor" and "cours".
- Full dictionary entry for "cor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,260 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cor" and "cours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cours vs Coutts". 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 #67,260 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.