cocosvscorpsConfusable pair

Which to use

“cocos” and “corps” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,696
“cocos” frequency rank
#369
“corps” frequency rank
30065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocos corps
Definition Pluriel de coco. Portion de matière qui forme un tout individuel et distinct.

Where the eye mixes cocos and corps

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
cocos
5 ch
corps

Look-alike desk: cocos vs corps

A purely visual mix-up. cocos (\ko.ko\) and corps (\kɔʁ\) 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 30065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocos is recorded at frequency rank #29,696, classified as anoun, pronounced \ko.ko\. corps is at rank #369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ\.

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 30065, this pair ranks #312,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cocos vs corps

Shared letters: cos. Private to "cocos": -. Private to "corps": pr.

"cocos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "corps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocosccocos · ccoos · coccos · cocoss · cocso · coocs · occos
  • corpsccorps · coprs · corpps · corpss · corrps · corsp · crops · ocrps

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cocos" and "corps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ko.ko\ versus \kɔʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cocos" vs "corps" - which ranks higher?
"corps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #369 in our French list, against #29,696 for "cocos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #312,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocos" and "corps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocos vs croco". 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 #312,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list