Which to use
“cordée” and “corset” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,693
- “cordée” frequency rank
- #30,114
- “corset” frequency rank
- 70807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cordée | corset |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui peut être entouré d'une corde. | Vêtement militaire en cuir ou en acier destiné à protéger le thorax. |
Where the eye mixes cordée and corset
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cordée (CVCCVV) and corset (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses cordée with corset
A purely visual mix-up. cordée (\kɔʁ.de\) and corset (\kɔʁ.sɛ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70807, 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\. corset is at rank #30,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.sɛ\.
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 70807, this pair ranks #49,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cordée vs corset
Shared letters: ceor. Private to "cordée": dé. Private to "corset": st.
"cordée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "corset" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- corset ← ccorset · corest · corrset · corsett · corsset · corste · cosret · croset
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cordée" for "corset" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cordée" or "corset" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cordée" and "corset" 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 "corset" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cordée" and "corset" 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 #49,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.