Which to use
“corn” is a noun and “couru” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,103
- “corn” frequency rank
- #9,459
- “couru” frequency rank
- 25562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corn | couru |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corne. | Fréquenté. |
Letter map: corn vs couru
Shared letters muted; letters that set corn and couru apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: corn vs couru
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: corn is anoun and couruanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
corn is recorded at frequency rank #16,103, classified as anoun. couru is at rank #9,459, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ku.ʁy\.
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 25562, this pair ranks #340,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of corn vs couru
Shared letters: cor. Private to "corn": n. Private to "couru": u.
"corn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "couru" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "corn" and "couru" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "corn" or "couru" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "corn" vs "couru" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "corn" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couru" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corn" and "couru" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs corn". 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 #340,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.