Which to use
“coriace” and “coriaces” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,895
- “coriace” frequency rank
- #39,725
- “coriaces” frequency rank
- 68620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coriace | coriaces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dur comme du cuir, et difficile à mâcher, en parlant d'un aliment. | Pluriel de coriace. |
Same sound, different letters: coriace vs coriaces
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. coriace runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against coriaces's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - coriace / coriaces
This is the hard kind. coriace and coriaces are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ʁjas\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “coriace” sits inside “coriaces”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coriace is recorded at frequency rank #28,895, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁjas\. coriaces is at rank #39,725, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁjas\.
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 68620, this pair ranks #58,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coriace vs coriaces
Shared letters: aceior. Private to "coriace": -. Private to "coriaces": s.
"coriace" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "coriaces" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coriace" for "coriaces" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "coriace" or "coriaces" show up more?
What to do next
"coriace" and "coriaces" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "coriace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coriaces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coriace" and "coriaces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cordages vs coriaces". 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 #58,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.