Which to use
“cart” and “cork” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,713
- “cart” frequency rank
- #46,088
- “cork” frequency rank
- 83801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cart | cork |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Charrette, chariot. | Saut composé d'une rotation faisant passer la planche par dessus la tête. |
Where the eye mixes cart and cork
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cart and cork follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cart vs cork
A purely visual mix-up. cart (\kɑɹt\) and cork (\kɔʁk\) 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 83801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cart is recorded at frequency rank #37,713, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑɹt\. cork is at rank #46,088, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁk\.
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 83801, this pair ranks #14,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cart vs cork
Shared letters: cr. Private to "cart": at. Private to "cork": ko.
"cart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cork" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cart" for "cork" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cart" vs "cork" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cart" and "cork" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cork" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cart" and "cork" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs cork". 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 #14,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.