Français homophones

chœur/chœurs/coeur/coeurs/cœur/cœurs

"coeur" (#841 written frequency) beats "coeurs" (#10,662) in this 6-word /\kœʁ\/ cluster. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 6 spellings keep the same /\kœʁ\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "coeur" leads at #841, with "coeurs" trailing at #10,662.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "chœur" then splits - "chœur" (5 letters) vs "chœurs" (6).
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœur" is 5 letters, "coeur" is 5; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœur" is 5 letters, "coeurs" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœur" is 5 letters, "cœur" is 4; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœur" is 5 letters, "cœurs" is 5; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœurs" is 6 letters, "coeur" is 5; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœurs" is 6 letters, "coeurs" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœurs" is 6 letters, "cœur" is 4; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "chœurs" is 6 letters, "cœurs" is 5; only the sound ties them.
  • Shared stem "coeur" then splits - "coeur" (5 letters) vs "coeurs" (6).
  • No shared spelling stem: "coeur" is 5 letters, "cœur" is 4; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "coeur" is 5 letters, "cœurs" is 5; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "coeurs" is 6 letters, "cœur" is 4; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "coeurs" is 6 letters, "cœurs" is 5; only the sound ties them.
  • Shared stem "cœur" then splits - "cœur" (4 letters) vs "cœurs" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across chœur, chœurs, coeur, coeurs, cœur, cœurs: cru. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • chœur

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVVC

    Inventory chruœ · private hœ

  • chœurs

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVVCC

    Inventory chrsuœ · private hsœ

  • coeur

    5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVVC

    Inventory ceoru · private eo

  • coeurs

    6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVVCC

    Inventory ceorsu · private eos

  • cœur

    4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC

    Inventory cruœ · private œ

  • cœurs

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVCC

    Inventory crsuœ · private sœ

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "chœur" when you mean: Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.
  • Write "chœurs" when you mean: Pluriel de chœur.
  • Write "coeur" when you mean: Variante typographique de cœur.
  • Write "coeurs" when you mean: Pluriel de coeur.
  • Write "cœur" when you mean: Organe musculaire, creux et pulsatile assurant la circulation sanguine dans le corps humain ou animal.
  • Write "cœurs" when you mean: Pluriel de cœur.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • coeur ← ccoeur · ceour · coeru · coeurr · couer · oceur
  • coeurs ← ccoeurs · ceours · coerus · coeurrs · coeurss · coeusr

Each spelling

chœur

/\kœʁ\/

Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.

chœurs

/\kœʁ\/

Pluriel de chœur.

coeur

typographic variant · /\kœʁ\/ · #841 frequency

Variante typographique de cœur.

coeurs

typographic variant · /\kœʁ\/ · #10,662 frequency

Pluriel de coeur.

cœur

/\kœʁ\/

Organe musculaire, creux et pulsatile assurant la circulation sanguine dans le corps humain ou animal.

cœurs

/\kœʁ\/

Pluriel de cœur.

Nearby French homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list