Which to use
“courber” and “courrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,681
- “courber” frequency rank
- #43,866
- “courrez” frequency rank
- 90547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | courber | courrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre courbe. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de courir. |
Where the eye mixes courber and courrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. courber and courrez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: courber vs courrez
A purely visual mix-up. courber (\kuʁ.be\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
courber is recorded at frequency rank #46,681, classified as averb, pronounced \kuʁ.be\. 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 90547, this pair ranks #4,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of courber vs courrez
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "courber": b. Private to "courrez": z.
"courber" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "courrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "courber" for "courrez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "courber" vs "courrez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "courber" 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 #4,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "courber" and "courrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courber vs courges". 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 #4,679 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.