Which to use
“cornes” and “corps” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,556
- “cornes” frequency rank
- #369
- “corps” frequency rank
- 13925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cornes | corps |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de corne. | Portion de matière qui forme un tout individuel et distinct. |
Where the eye mixes cornes and corps
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cornes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against corps's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cornes vs corps
A purely visual mix-up. cornes (\kɔʁn\) and corps (\kɔʁ\) 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 13925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cornes is recorded at frequency rank #13,556, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁn\. corps is at rank #369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ\.
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 13925, this pair ranks #398,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cornes vs corps
Shared letters: cors. Private to "cornes": en. Private to "corps": p.
"cornes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "corps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cornes" and "corps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cornes" or "corps" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cornes" and "corps" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cornes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cornes" and "corps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cornes vs courges". 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 #398,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.