Which to use
“cornée” and “corners” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,194
- “cornée” frequency rank
- #43,363
- “corners” frequency rank
- 76557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cornée | corners |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie transparente insérée dans la sclérotique de l’œil devant le cristallin. | Pluriel de corner. |
Where the eye mixes cornée and corners
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cornée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against corners's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cornée with corners
A purely visual mix-up. cornée (\kɔʁ.ne\) and corners (\kɔʁ.nɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cornée is recorded at frequency rank #33,194, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.ne\. corners is at rank #43,363, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.nɛʁ\.
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 76557, this pair ranks #30,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cornée vs corners
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "cornée": é. Private to "corners": s.
"cornée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "corners" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- corners ← ccorners · conrers · corenrs · cornerrs · cornerss · cornesr · cornners · cornres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cornée" for "corners" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cornée" or "corners" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cornée" and "corners" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cornée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corners" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cornée" and "corners" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convers vs corners". 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 #30,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.