Which to use
“cornes” and “courses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,556
- “cornes” frequency rank
- #2,568
- “courses” frequency rank
- 16124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cornes | courses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de corne. | Pluriel de course. |
Where the eye mixes cornes and courses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cornes with courses
A purely visual mix-up. cornes (\kɔʁn\) and courses (\kuʁs\) 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 16124, 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\. courses is at rank #2,568, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kuʁs\.
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 16124, this pair ranks #389,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cornes vs courses
Shared letters: ceors. Private to "cornes": n. Private to "courses": u.
"cornes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "courses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cornes" and "courses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cornes" or "courses"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cornes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cornes" and "courses" 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 #389,274 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.