Which to use
“chou” and “con” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,171
- “chou” frequency rank
- #1,056
- “con” frequency rank
- 7227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chou | con |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Non usuel donné à de nombreuses variétés de Brassica oleracea ainsi qu'a quelques autres espèces du genre Brassica, plante potagère de la famille des Brassicaceae (anciennement crucifères) que l'on cultive pour manger diverses partie de la plante. | Sexe de la femme. |
Where the eye mixes chou and con
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between chou and con
A purely visual mix-up. chou (\ʃu\) and con (\kɔ̃\) 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 7227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chou is recorded at frequency rank #6,171, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃu\. con is at rank #1,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃\.
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 7227, this pair ranks #423,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chou vs con
Shared letters: co. Private to "chou": hu. Private to "con": n.
"chou" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "con" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chou ← cchou · chhou · chuo · cohu · hcou
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chou" and "con" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "chou" or "con" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chou" and "con" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "con" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chou" and "con" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chou vs coon". 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 #423,797 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.