# corps

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɔː/ · frequency rank #4,517

## Definitions
1. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.

## Etymology
From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.

## Easily confused with
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cos)
- **CPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cps)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-crs)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cups)
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-coup)
- **cows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cows)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cory)
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cris)
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-corr)
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-costs)
- **crops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-crops)
- **Cyrus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cyrus)
- **coupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-coupe)
- **coups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-coups)
- **craps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-craps)
- **Corso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-corso)
- **cours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cours)
- **courts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-courts)
- **corpse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-corpse)
- **corpus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-corpus)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccorps`, `coprs`, `corpps`, `corpss`, `corrps`, `corsp`, `ocrps`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/corps