Which to use
“codage” and “courage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,519
- “codage” frequency rank
- #1,408
- “courage” frequency rank
- 25927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | codage | courage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de coder ou son résultat. | Capacité d'un humain ou un autre animal de vaincre sa peur pour braver le danger, supporter la souffrance, entreprendre des choses effrayantes, douloureuses ou difficiles. |
Where the eye mixes codage and courage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between codage and courage
A purely visual mix-up. codage (\kɔ.daʒ\) and courage (\ku.ʁaʒ\) 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 25927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
codage is recorded at frequency rank #24,519, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.daʒ\. courage is at rank #1,408, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.ʁaʒ\.
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 25927, this pair ranks #338,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of codage vs courage
Shared letters: acego. Private to "codage": d. Private to "courage": ru.
"codage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "courage" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "codage" for "courage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "codage" vs "courage" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "codage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "codage" and "courage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codage vs curage". 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 #338,074 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.