Which to use
“copies” and “cornes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,041
- “copies” frequency rank
- #13,556
- “cornes” frequency rank
- 20597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | copies | cornes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de copie. | Pluriel de corne. |
Where the eye mixes copies and cornes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses copies with cornes
A purely visual mix-up. copies (\kɔ.pi\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
copies is recorded at frequency rank #7,041, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.pi\. 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 20597, this pair ranks #367,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of copies vs cornes
Shared letters: ceos. Private to "copies": ip. Private to "cornes": nr.
"copies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "cornes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "copies" and "cornes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "copies" or "cornes" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "copies" 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 #367,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "copies" 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 #367,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.