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“corbeilles” and “corneille” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,257
- “corbeilles” frequency rank
- #15,344
- “corneille” frequency rank
- 62601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corbeilles | corneille |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de corbeille. | Oiseau passereau de couleur noire (ou partiellement noire), de la famille des corvidés, voisin du corbeau mais de plus petite taille. |
Where the eye mixes corbeilles and corneille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. corbeilles runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVC) against corneille's 9 (CVCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: corbeilles vs corneille
A purely visual mix-up. corbeilles (\kɔʁ.bɛj\) and corneille (\kɔʁ.nɛj\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
corbeilles is recorded at frequency rank #47,257, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.bɛj\. corneille is at rank #15,344, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.nɛj\.
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 62601, this pair ranks #86,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of corbeilles vs corneille
Shared letters: ceilor. Private to "corbeilles": bs. Private to "corneille": n.
"corbeilles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC · "corneille" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- corbeilles ← ccorbeilles · cobreilles · corbbeilles · corbeilels · corbeiles · corbeilless · corbeillse · corbeliles
- corneille ← ccorneille · conreille · corenille · corneile · corneilel · cornelile · cornielle · cornneille
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "corbeilles" and "corneille" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "corbeilles" vs "corneille" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "corbeilles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corneille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corbeilles" and "corneille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseilles vs corbeilles". 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 #86,265 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.