corse
\kɔʁs\
The verdict
“corse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,992
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la Corse ou à ses habitants, sa langue, ou sa culture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corse · corse · French
corse · rank #2,992 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,992
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contrôler
Nearest frequency peer: contrôler (-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 « corse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- conclusion
conclusion
97,012 corpus weight
- contrats
contrats
97,011 corpus weight
- contrôler
contrôler
97,010 corpus weight
- corse
corse
97,009 corpus weight
- couronne
couronne
97,008 corpus weight
- curieux
curieux
97,007 corpus weight
What this shows « corse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around corse (IPA \kɔʁs\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,992 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif à la Corse ou à ses habitants, sa langue, ou sa culture.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for corse, with forms such as "ccorse", "cores", and "corrse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRS", "Cré", "côte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is corse, spelled C-O-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la Corse ou à ses habitants, sa langue, ou sa culture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par exemple, les séparatistes corses se considèrent sûrement comme une nation séparée et distincte, plus ou au moins différente, de la France métropolitaine.
Depuis que je ne t’ai vu, j’ai fait la connaissance d’une petite fille corse, que j’ai rencontrée en arrivant à Pantin (Paris).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorse
- cores
- corrse
- corsse
- cosre
- crose
- ocrse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).