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“congés” and “cordes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,826
- “congés” frequency rank
- #6,282
- “cordes” frequency rank
- 15108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congés | cordes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de congé. | Pluriel de corde. |
Where the eye mixes congés and cordes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: congés vs cordes
A purely visual mix-up. congés (\kɔ̃.ʒe\) and cordes (\kɔʁd\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congés is recorded at frequency rank #8,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒe\. cordes is at rank #6,282, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁd\.
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 15108, this pair ranks #393,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of congés vs cordes
Shared letters: cos. Private to "congés": gné. Private to "cordes": der.
"congés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cordes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cordes ← ccordes · codres · corddes · cordess · cordse · coreds · corrdes · crodes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "congés" and "cordes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "congés" or "cordes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "congés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cordes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congés" and "cordes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congés vs courges". 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 #393,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.