corpus

\kɔʁ.pys\

/\kɔʁ.pys\/ noun

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The verdict

“corpus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,554
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recueil de pièces, de documents concernant une même matière, les mêmes règles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corpus · corpus · French

corpus · rank #11,554 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,554
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coquille

Nearest frequency peer: coquille (-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 « corpus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « corpus » 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).

corpus vs crus
67% similar
corpus vs cors
67% similar
corpus vs cous
67% similar

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

Key facts for corpus
PropertyValue
Headwordcorpus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.pys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,554
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corpus »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coquille » (#11,553), « coupures » (#11,555), « contribuable » (#11,552). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corpus » est au #11,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around corpus (IPA \kɔʁ.pys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,554 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for corpus, with forms such as "ccorpus", "coprus", and "corppus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crus", "cors", "cous", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 corpus, spelled C-O-R-P-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recueil de pièces, de documents concernant une même matière, les mêmes règles.
  2. 2
    Agrégat de textes qui tendent à prendre l’aspect d’un tout cohérent.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de l’œuvre d’un écrivain ou d’un peintre.
  4. 4
    Exercice matériel du droit.
  5. 5
    Ensemble fini d’énoncés constituant le support d’une étude linguistique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’essentiel du corpus sociobiologique analysé par Jacques Ruelland se situe entre 1975 et 1985, même si son ouvrage est paru en 2004, et l’analyse se concentre sur les écrits de la première heure d’Edward Wilson.
  2. Caleb Finch et Stanley Burnstein, historien à la California State University de Los Angeles, ont étudié un corpus d’écrits médicaux anciens d’Hippocrate et de ses disciples.

This word in other languages

corpus(English)corpus(Español)Corpus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorpus
  • coprus
  • corppus
  • corpsu
  • corpuss
  • corrpus
  • corups
  • cropus
  • ocrpus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corpus - 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.

ccorpus1coprus2corppus1corpsu2corpuss1corrpus1corups2cropus2
Edit distance from "corpus"

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 "corpus"?
"corpus" is spelled C-O-R-P-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.pys\.
What does "corpus" mean?
As a noun, "corpus" means: Recueil de pièces, de documents concernant une même matière, les mêmes règles.
What words are commonly confused with "corpus"?
"corpus" is commonly confused with "crus", "cors", "cous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corpus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corpus" is \kɔʁ.pys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corpus" come from?
"corpus" 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 "corpus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dennis#11,561douane#11,566escale#11,580aurore#11,527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

coquille9 variantsartère9 variantsfictif9 variantsflipper9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list