Which to use
“corrigé” is an adjective and “courge” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,200
- “corrigé” frequency rank
- #30,546
- “courge” frequency rank
- 41746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corrigé | courge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui reprend les corrections, les réponses. | Genre de plantes de la famille des Cucurbitacées (Cucurbitaceae). |
Where the eye mixes corrigé and courge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: corrigé vs courge
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: corrigé is \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\ while courge is \kuʁʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
corrigé is recorded at frequency rank #11,200, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\. courge is at rank #30,546, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kuʁʒ\.
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 41746, this pair ranks #230,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of corrigé vs courge
Shared letters: cgor. Private to "corrigé": ié. Private to "courge": eu.
"corrigé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "courge" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- courge ← ccourge · coruge · cougre · coureg · courgge · courrge · cuorge · ocurge
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "corrigé" for "courge" ever safe?
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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 "corrigé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corrigé" and "courge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courge vs curage". 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 #230,803 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.