Cory
The verdict
“Cory” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,118. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,118
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cory · Cory · French
Cory · rank #28,118 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,118
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corresponde
Nearest frequency peer: corresponde (-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 « Cory »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- contestent
contestent
71,886 corpus weight
- contrecarrer
contrecarrer
71,885 corpus weight
- corresponde
corresponde
71,884 corpus weight
- Cory
Cory
71,883 corpus weight
- craignaient
craignaient
71,881 corpus weight
- cream
cream
71,880 corpus weight
What this shows « Cory » 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 | Cory |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cory »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Cory, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,118 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cory, with forms such as "ccory", "corry", and "coryy". 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, "CR", "cy", "cru", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Cory, spelled C-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Charlie était le neveu de Corin Conaught. Hugh l’amant présumé de Corin, alias Cory, autrefois.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccory
- corry
- coryy
- coyr
- croy
- ocry
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cory - 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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).