codésvsCodyWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: codés is a adjective, Cody is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“codés” is an adjective and “Cody” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,232
“codés” frequency rank
#17,903
“Cody” frequency rank
65135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature codés Cody
Definition Masculin pluriel de codé. Prénom masculin.

Letter map: codés vs Cody

Shared letters muted; letters that set codés and Cody apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. codés runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Cody's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
codés
4 ch
Cody

Part-of-speech tell for codés / Cody

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: codés is anadjective and Codyaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

codés is recorded at frequency rank #47,232, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.de\. Cody is at rank #17,903, tagged as aname.

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 65135, this pair ranks #73,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of codés vs Cody

Shared letters: cdo. Private to "codés": sé. Private to "Cody": y.

"codés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Cody" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Cody ← ccody · cdoy · coddy · codyy · coyd · ocdy

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "codés" and "Cody" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "codés" is an adjective and "Cody" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "codés" or "Cody" show up more?
"Cody" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,903 in our French list, against #47,232 for "codés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "codés" and "Cody".

  • Full dictionary entry for "codés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Cody" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "codés" and "Cody" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codés vs conde". 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 #73,696 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