Which to use
“corn” is a noun and “Cyr” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,103
- “corn” frequency rank
- #12,760
- “Cyr” frequency rank
- 28863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corn | Cyr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corne. | Nom de famille. |
Letter map: corn vs Cyr
Shared letters muted; letters that set corn and Cyr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for corn / Cyr
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: corn is anoun and Cyraname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
corn is recorded at frequency rank #16,103, classified as anoun. Cyr is at rank #12,760, tagged as aname, pronounced \siʁ\.
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 28863, this pair ranks #320,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of corn vs Cyr
Shared letters: cr. Private to "corn": no. Private to "Cyr": y.
"corn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Cyr" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- corn ← ccorn · conr · cornn · corrn · cron · ocrn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "corn" for "Cyr" ever safe?
Frequency check: "corn" vs "Cyr" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "corn" vs "Cyr" 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 "Cyr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corn" and "Cyr" 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 #320,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.