Which to use
“cortège” and “cortèges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,131
- “cortège” frequency rank
- #36,335
- “cortèges” frequency rank
- 46466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cortège | cortèges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite de personnes qui en accompagnent une autre avec cérémonie et pour lui faire honneur. | Pluriel de cortège. |
Same sound, different letters: cortège vs cortèges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cortège runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cortèges's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - cortège and cortèges
This is the hard kind. cortège and cortèges are pronounced identically (\kɔʁ.tɛʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cortège” sits inside “cortèges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cortège is recorded at frequency rank #10,131, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.tɛʒ\. cortèges is at rank #36,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.tɛʒ\.
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 46466, this pair ranks #194,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cortège vs cortèges
Shared letters: cegortè. Private to "cortège": -. Private to "cortèges": s.
"cortège" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cortèges" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cortège" and "cortèges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cortège" or "cortèges"?
What to do next
"cortège" and "cortèges" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cortège" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cortèges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cortège" and "cortèges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cordages vs cortèges". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #194,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.