Which to use
“card” and “cod” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,677
- “card” frequency rank
- #17,379
- “cod” frequency rank
- 36056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | card | cod |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Carte. | Morue (poisson), cabillaud. |
Where the eye mixes card and cod
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses card with cod
A purely visual mix-up. card (\kɑːɹd\) and cod (\kɒd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
card is recorded at frequency rank #18,677, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑːɹd\. cod is at rank #17,379, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɒd\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 36056, this pair ranks #272,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of card vs cod
Shared letters: cd. Private to "card": ar. Private to "cod": o.
"card" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cod" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- card ← acrd · cadr · cardd · carrd · ccard · crad
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "card" and "cod" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "card" vs "cod" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "card" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cod" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "card" and "cod" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "card vs ciro". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #272,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.