Which to use
“corte” and “corvée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,386
- “corte” frequency rank
- #21,583
- “corvée” frequency rank
- 48969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corte | corvée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cour. | Travail et service gratuit qui était dû par le paysan à son seigneur. |
Where the eye mixes corte and corvée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. corte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against corvée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between corte and corvée
A purely visual mix-up. corte (\ˈkɔr.te\) and corvée (\kɔʁ.ve\) 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 48969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
corte is recorded at frequency rank #27,386, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈkɔr.te\. corvée is at rank #21,583, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.ve\.
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 48969, this pair ranks #174,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of corte vs corvée
Shared letters: ceor. Private to "corte": t. Private to "corvée": vé.
"corte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "corvée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- corte ← ccorte · coret · corrte · cotre · ocrte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "corte" and "corvée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "corte" vs "corvée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "corte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corvée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corte" and "corvée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs corte". 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 #174,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.