cor

\kɔʁ\

/\kɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cor” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,000) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#14,000
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (toujours employé au pluriel) Andouiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cor · cor · French

cor · rank #14,000 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,000
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH continuait

Nearest frequency peer: continuait (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “cor”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “cor” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

cor vs CV
0% similar
cor vs Ct
0% similar
cor vs CP
0% similar

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

Key facts for cor
PropertyValue
Headwordcor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#14,000
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “cor” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).corse 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 « continuait » (#13,999), « correspondants » (#14,001), « contestée » (#13,998). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for cor is neighbouring look-alikes ("CV", "Ct", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \kɔʁ\. Frequency #14,000 among 8,609 “C” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

cor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CV", "Ct", "CP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cor, spelled C-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (toujours employé au pluriel) Andouiller.
  2. 2
    (toujours employé au pluriel) Andouiller.
  3. 3
    Corne qui servait d’appel aux pâtres, soldats, chasseurs… ou instrument de même forme mais fabriqué dans une autre matière.
  4. 4
    Nom générique de différents instruments à vent.
  5. 5
    Nom générique de différents instruments à vent.
  6. 6
    Nom générique de différents instruments à vent.
  7. 7
    Nom générique de différents instruments à vent.
  8. 8
    Nom générique de différents instruments à vent.
  9. 9
    Meuble représentant l’instrument de musique du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté sous la forme d'une corne munie de deux viroles reliées par une sangle. Quand la sangle est d'un autre émail, on le dit lié. Quand ce sont les viroles, il est virolé. Quand c’est l’embouchure, il est dit enguiché ou embouché. À rapprocher de cor de chasse, cornet, grêlier, huchet, olifant et trompe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un cerf de six cors, de dix cors, qui a six ans, dix ans, c’est-à-dire trois, cinq andouillers de chaque côté.
  2. Un cerf six cors, dix cors.

Synonyms

pointeandouiller

This word in other languages

horn(English)trompa(Español)Horn(Deutsch)

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 "cor"?
"cor" is spelled C-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ\.
What does "cor" mean?
As a noun, "cor" means: (toujours employé au pluriel) Andouiller.
What words are commonly confused with "cor"?
"cor" is commonly confused with "CV", "Ct", "CP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cor" is \kɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cor" come from?
"cor" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

BCE#13,976fra#14,045her#14,053ion#14,064

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list