Which to use
“coupez” and “courrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,665
- “coupez” frequency rank
- #43,866
- “courrez” frequency rank
- 61531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupez | courrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de couper. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de courir. |
Where the eye mixes coupez and courrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. coupez runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against courrez's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses coupez with courrez
A purely visual mix-up. coupez (\ku.pe\) and courrez (\kuʁ.ʁe\) 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 61531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coupez is recorded at frequency rank #17,665, classified as averb, pronounced \ku.pe\. courrez is at rank #43,866, tagged as averb, pronounced \kuʁ.ʁe\.
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 61531, this pair ranks #91,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coupez vs courrez
Shared letters: ceouz. Private to "coupez": p. Private to "courrez": r.
"coupez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "courrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coupez" and "courrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "coupez" vs "courrez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "coupez" and "courrez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupez" and "courrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courges vs courrez". 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 #91,754 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.