Which to use
“cordon” is a noun and “coréen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,457
- “cordon” frequency rank
- #6,695
- “coréen” frequency rank
- 16152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cordon | coréen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite corde, par exemple utilisée pour tirer un mécanisme, une sonnette, … → voir cordon de tirage et tirer le cordon | Relatif à la Corée, à ses habitants et à leur culture. |
Where the eye mixes cordon and coréen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cordon vs coréen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cordon is \kɔʁ.dɔ̃\ while coréen is \kɔ.ʁe.ɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cordon is recorded at frequency rank #9,457, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.dɔ̃\. coréen is at rank #6,695, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁe.ɛ̃\.
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 16152, this pair ranks #389,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cordon vs coréen
Shared letters: cnor. Private to "cordon": d. Private to "coréen": eé.
"cordon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "coréen" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cordon ← ccordon · codron · corddon · cordno · cordonn · corodn · corrdon · crodon
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cordon" for "coréen" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cordon" or "coréen"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cordon" and "coréen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cordon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coréen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cordon" and "coréen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coon vs cordon". 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 #389,138 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.