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

#9,620
“cohen” frequency rank
#16,102
“core” frequency rank
25722
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cohen core
Definition Celui qui, dans le judaïsme, est considéré comme un descendant de la race sacerdotale d’Aaron. Centre, noyau.

Letter map: cohen vs core

Shared letters muted; letters that set cohen and core apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
cohen
4 ch
core

Pair insight - cohen / core

cohen and core are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cohen is recorded at frequency rank #9,620, classified as anoun. core is at rank #16,102, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔː\.

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 25722, this pair ranks #339,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cohen vs core

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "cohen": hn. Private to "core": r.

"cohen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "core" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cohenccohen · choen · coehn · cohenn · cohhen · cohne · ochen
  • coreccore · coer · corre · croe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cohen" and "core" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "cohen" vs "core" - which ranks higher?
"cohen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,620 in our French list, against #16,102 for "core". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cohen" and "core".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cohen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "core" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #339,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cohen" and "core" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs core". 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 #339,244 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