Cory

name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,118

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Cory is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom masculin. Often confused with CR and cy.

Key facts for Cory
PropertyValue
HeadwordCory
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,118
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Cory in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Cory is 4 letters long, classified as aname. Corpus data places it at rank #28,118 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom masculin.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Cory, with forms such as "ccory", "corry", and "coryy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CR", "cy", "cru", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Cory, spelled C-O-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccory,corry,coryy,coyr,croy,ocry

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Cory

Misspelling Variants of "Cory"

ccory5corry5coryy5coyr4croy4ocry4
Misspelling Variants of "Cory"

Frequency rank: #28,118 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cory"?
"Cory" is spelled C-O-R-Y.
What does "Cory" mean?
As a name, "Cory" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Cory"?
"Cory" is commonly confused with "CR", "cy", "cru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Cory" come from?
"Cory" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.