Which to use
“cook” and “cour” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,346
- “cook” frequency rank
- #669
- “cour” frequency rank
- 14015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cook | cour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cuisinier. | Espace découvert qui dépend d’une maison, d’un hôtel, etc., et qui est entouré de murs ou de bâtiments. |
Letter map: cook vs cour
Shared letters muted; letters that set cook and cour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. cook and cour follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on cook vs cour
cook and cour 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cook is recorded at frequency rank #13,346, classified as anoun. 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 14015, this pair ranks #398,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cook vs cour
Shared letters: co. Private to "cook": k. Private to "cour": ru.
"cook" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "cour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cook" and "cour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cook" or "cour"?
Useful next steps
Pair "cook" vs "cour" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cook" 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 #398,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cook" and "cour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cook vs coon". 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 #398,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.