Which to use
“coeurs” is a typographic variant and “cour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,662
- “coeurs” frequency rank
- #669
- “cour” frequency rank
- 11331
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coeurs | cour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de coeur. | Espace découvert qui dépend d’une maison, d’un hôtel, etc., et qui est entouré de murs ou de bâtiments. |
Where the eye mixes coeurs and cour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between coeurs and cour
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: coeurs is \kœʁ\ while cour is \kuʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (typographic variant vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coeurs is recorded at frequency rank #10,662, classified as atypographic variant, pronounced \kœʁ\. cour is at rank #669, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kuʁ\.
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 11331, this pair ranks #409,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coeurs vs cour
Shared letters: coru. Private to "coeurs": es. Private to "cour": -.
"coeurs" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC · "cour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coeurs" and "cour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "coeurs" or "cour" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "coeurs" and "cour" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coeurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coeurs" and "cour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coeurs vs courus". 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 #409,565 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.