Which to use
“cordée” and “cornée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,693
- “cordée” frequency rank
- #33,194
- “cornée” frequency rank
- 73887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cordée | cornée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui peut être entouré d'une corde. | Partie transparente insérée dans la sclérotique de l’œil devant le cristallin. |
Where the eye mixes cordée and cornée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cordée and cornée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cordée with cornée
A purely visual mix-up. cordée (\kɔʁ.de\) and cornée (\kɔʁ.ne\) 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 a single letter - d in “cordée” becomes n in “cornée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73887, 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\. cornée is at rank #33,194, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.ne\.
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 73887, this pair ranks #38,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cordée vs cornée
Shared letters: ceoré. Private to "cordée": d. Private to "cornée": n.
"cordée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cornée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cordée" and "cornée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cordée" or "cornée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cordée" and "cornée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cordée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cornée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cordée" and "cornée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs cordée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #38,961 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.