Which to use
“cordée” and “corvée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,693
- “cordée” frequency rank
- #21,583
- “corvée” frequency rank
- 62276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cordée | corvée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui peut être entouré d'une corde. | Travail et service gratuit qui était dû par le paysan à son seigneur. |
Where the eye mixes cordée and corvée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cordée and corvée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cordée and corvée
A purely visual mix-up. cordée (\kɔʁ.de\) and corvée (\kɔʁ.ve\) 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 v in “corvée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62276, 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\. corvée is at rank #21,583, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.ve\.
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 62276, this pair ranks #87,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cordée vs corvée
Shared letters: ceoré. Private to "cordée": d. Private to "corvée": v.
"cordée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "corvée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cordée" and "corvée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cordée" or "corvée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cordée" and "corvée" 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 "corvée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cordée" and "corvée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs cordée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #87,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.