Which to use
“cordée” and “coudes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,693
- “cordée” frequency rank
- #16,586
- “coudes” frequency rank
- 57279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cordée | coudes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui peut être entouré d'une corde. | Pluriel de coude. |
Where the eye mixes cordée and coudes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cordée vs coudes
A purely visual mix-up. cordée (\kɔʁ.de\) and coudes (\kud\) 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 57279, 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\. coudes is at rank #16,586, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kud\.
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 57279, this pair ranks #116,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cordée vs coudes
Shared letters: cdeo. Private to "cordée": ré. Private to "coudes": su.
"cordée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "coudes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coudes ← ccoudes · codues · couddes · coudess · coudse · coueds · cuodes · ocudes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cordée" and "coudes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cordée" vs "coudes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cordée" and "coudes" 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 "coudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cordée" and "coudes" 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 #116,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.