Which to use
“courge” is a noun and “courut” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,546
- “courge” frequency rank
- #42,809
- “courut” frequency rank
- 73355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | courge | courut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genre de plantes de la famille des Cucurbitacées (Cucurbitaceae). | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de courir. |
Where the eye mixes courge and courut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. courge (CVVCCV) and courut (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: courge vs courut
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: courge is \kuʁʒ\ while courut is \ku.ʁy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
courge is recorded at frequency rank #30,546, classified as anoun, pronounced \kuʁʒ\. courut is at rank #42,809, tagged as averb, pronounced \ku.ʁy\.
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 73355, this pair ranks #40,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of courge vs courut
Shared letters: coru. Private to "courge": eg. Private to "courut": t.
"courge" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "courut" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "courge" and "courut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "courge" or "courut"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "courge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "courge" and "courut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courra vs courut". 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 #40,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.