Which to use
“cordée” and “cordon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,693
- “cordée” frequency rank
- #9,457
- “cordon” frequency rank
- 50150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cordée | cordon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui peut être entouré d'une corde. | Petite corde, par exemple utilisée pour tirer un mécanisme, une sonnette, … → voir cordon de tirage et tirer le cordon |
Where the eye mixes cordée and cordon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cordée vs cordon
A purely visual mix-up. cordée (\kɔʁ.de\) and cordon (\kɔʁ.dɔ̃\) 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 50150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cordée is recorded at frequency rank #40,693, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.de\. cordon is at rank #9,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.dɔ̃\.
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 50150, this pair ranks #164,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cordée vs cordon
Shared letters: cdor. Private to "cordée": eé. Private to "cordon": n.
"cordée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cordon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cordon ← ccordon · codron · corddon · cordno · cordonn · corodn · corrdon · crodon
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cordée" and "cordon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cordée" or "cordon" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "cordée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cordon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cordée" and "cordon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs cordée". 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 #164,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.