cœurs

\kœʁ\

/\kœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cœurs” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,946
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-c-urs · cœurs · French

cœurs · rank #6,946 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,946
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH creux

Nearest frequency peer: creux (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cœurs »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cœurs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cœurs vs CRS
0% similar
cœurs vs cour
60% similar
cœurs vs cure
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cœurs
PropertyValue
Headwordcœurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kœʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,946
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cœurs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cœursse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « creux » (#6,945), « dalle » (#6,947), « discute » (#6,948). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cœurs » est au #6,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cœurs (IPA \kœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,946 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cœur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cœurs, with forms such as "ccœurs", "cuœrs", and "cœrus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRS", "cour", "cure", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cœurs, spelled C-Œ-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cœur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cœurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chaque quinzaine, ils avaient un jour pour cultiver leur propre terre, chaque dimanche, ils élevaient leurs cœurs vers le Tout-Puissant, chaque soir, hommes, femmes, enfans, dansaient au son du bamboula, tambour dont battaient les plus vieux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccœurs
  • cuœrs
  • cœrus
  • cœurrs
  • cœurss
  • cœusr
  • œcurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cœurs - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccœurs1cuœrs2cœrus2cœurrs1cœurss1cœusr2œcurs2
Edit distance from "cœurs"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cœurs"?
"cœurs" is spelled C-Œ-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kœʁ\.
What does "cœurs" mean?
As a noun, "cœurs" means: Pluriel de cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "cœurs"?
"cœurs" is commonly confused with "CRS", "cour", "cure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cœurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cœurs" is \kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cœurs" come from?
"cœurs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cœurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

creux#6,945dalle#6,947Coran#6,943amont#6,923

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bonnet7 variantsalpha7 variantsloups7 variantsMarion7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list