Which to use
“congés” and “cornes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,826
- “congés” frequency rank
- #13,556
- “cornes” frequency rank
- 22382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congés | cornes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de congé. | Pluriel de corne. |
Where the eye mixes congés and cornes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: congés vs cornes
A purely visual mix-up. congés (\kɔ̃.ʒe\) and cornes (\kɔʁn\) 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 22382, 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\. cornes is at rank #13,556, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁn\.
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 22382, this pair ranks #358,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of congés vs cornes
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "congés": gé. Private to "cornes": er.
"congés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cornes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cornes ← ccornes · conres · corens · corness · cornnes · cornse · corrnes · crones
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "congés" and "cornes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "congés" or "cornes"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "congés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cornes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congés" and "cornes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cornes 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 #358,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.