Which to use
“carne” and “corte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,492
- “carne” frequency rank
- #27,386
- “corte” frequency rank
- 72878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carne | corte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Angle, coin saillant d’une pièce d'architecture ou de menuiserie. | Cour. |
Where the eye mixes carne and corte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. carne and corte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: carne vs corte
A purely visual mix-up. carne (\kaʁn\) and corte (\ˈkɔr.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carne is recorded at frequency rank #45,492, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁn\. corte is at rank #27,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkɔr.te\.
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 72878, this pair ranks #42,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carne vs corte
Shared letters: cer. Private to "carne": an. Private to "corte": ot.
"carne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "corte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carne" for "corte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "carne" vs "corte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "carne" and "corte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carne" and "corte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carne vs carrez". 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 #42,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.