Which to use
“Cory” is a name and “cozy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,892
- “Cory” frequency rank
- #12,217
- “cozy” frequency rank
- 26109
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Cory | cozy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey. | Alternative spelling of cosy. |
Letter map: Cory vs cozy
Shared letters muted; letters that set Cory and cozy apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Cory and cozy follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for Cory / cozy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Cory is aname and cozyanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “Cory” becomes z in “cozy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Cory is recorded at frequency rank #13,892, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈkɔː.ɹi/. cozy is at rank #12,217, tagged as anadj.
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 26109, this pair ranks #389,156 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Cory vs cozy
Shared letters: coy. Private to "Cory": r. Private to "cozy": z.
"Cory" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cozy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Cory" for "cozy" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Cory" or "cozy"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Cory" and "cozy".
- Full dictionary entry for "Cory" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cozy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,156 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Cory" and "cozy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cory vs cuny". 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 #389,156 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.