Corrèze

\kɔ.ʁɛz\

/\kɔ.ʁɛz\/ name

The verdict

“Corrèze” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,794
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Département français de la région administrative Nouvelle-Aquitaine, et qui porte le numéro 19.

Corpus desk

Index FR-correze · Corrèze · French

Corrèze · rank #19,794 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,794
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convoque

Nearest frequency peer: convoque (-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 « Corrèze »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Corrèze » 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).

Corrèze vs corvée
43% similar
Corrèze vs courez
43% similar
Corrèze vs Cortez
57% similar

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

Key facts for Corrèze
PropertyValue
HeadwordCorrèze
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔ.ʁɛz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,794
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Corrèze »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Corrèzese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « convoque » (#19,793), « courait » (#19,795), « contrario » (#19,792). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Corrèze » est au #19,794. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Corrèze (IPA \kɔ.ʁɛz\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,794 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Corrèze, with forms such as "ccorrèze", "correze", and "corrzèe". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "corvée", "courez", "Cortez", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Corrèze, spelled C-O-R-R-È-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Département français de la région administrative Nouvelle-Aquitaine, et qui porte le numéro 19.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Corrèze.
  3. 3
    Rivière française du Massif central, affluent rive gauche de la Vézère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsque l’huissier eut introduit Fonsègue, la réconciliation eut lieu tout simplement. Ils s’étaient connus au collège, dans leur Corrèze natale, et ils ne se parlaient plus depuis dix ans, à la suite d’une abominable histoire, dont personne ne savait au juste les détails. Mais il est des heures où il faut bien enterrer les cadavres, lorsqu’on est forcé d…
  2. Cependant, « on note un attrait pour les territoires hyperruraux comme la Loire, l’Ariège et la Corrèze », nuance Solange Escure, directrice générale de Gîtes de France.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorrèze
  • correze
  • corrzèe
  • corrèez
  • corrèzze
  • corèrze
  • corèze
  • crorèze
  • ocrrèze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccorrèze1correze1corrzèe2corrèez2corrèzze1corèrze2corèze1crorèze2
Edit distance from "Corrèze"

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 "Corrèze"?
"Corrèze" is spelled C-O-R-R-È-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁɛz\.
What does "Corrèze" mean?
As a proper noun, "Corrèze" means: Département français de la région administrative Nouvelle-Aquitaine, et qui porte le numéro 19.
What words are commonly confused with "Corrèze"?
"Corrèze" is commonly confused with "corvée", "courez", "Cortez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Corrèze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Corrèze" is \kɔ.ʁɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Corrèze" come from?
"Corrèze" 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 "Corrèze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list