Which to use
“Courier” is a name and “courre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,201
- “Courier” frequency rank
- #38,733
- “courre” frequency rank
- 78934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Courier | courre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom d’une police à chasse fixe (monospace) rappelant une machine à écrire, et dont les empattements sont conçus pour éviter toute confusion entre deux caractères. | Forme ancienne de courir jusqu’au XIIIᵉ siècle. |
Letter map: Courier vs courre
Shared letters muted; letters that set Courier and courre apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for Courier / courre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Courier is aname and courreaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Courier is recorded at frequency rank #40,201, classified as aname. courre is at rank #38,733, tagged as averb, 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 78934, this pair ranks #24,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Courier vs courre
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "Courier": i. Private to "courre": -.
"Courier" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "courre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Courier" and "courre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Courier" vs "courre" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "Courier" vs "courre" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Courier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Courier" and "courre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courges vs Courier". 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 #24,479 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.