Which to use
“corte” is a noun and “court” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,386
- “corte” frequency rank
- #960
- “court” frequency rank
- 28346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corte | court |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cour. | De petite longueur ou qui n’a pas la longueur moyenne des objets du même genre. |
Where the eye mixes corte and court
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: corte vs court
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: corte is \ˈkɔr.te\ while court is \kuʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28346, 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\. court is at rank #960, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kuʁ\.
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 28346, this pair ranks #323,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of corte vs court
Shared letters: cort. Private to "corte": e. Private to "court": u.
"corte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "court" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "corte" and "court" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "corte" vs "court" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "corte" and "court" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "corte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "court" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #323,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corte" and "court" 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 #323,409 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.