Which to use
“Courier” is a name and “courrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,201
- “Courier” frequency rank
- #43,866
- “courrez” frequency rank
- 84067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Courier | courrez |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de courir. |
Letter map: Courier vs courrez
Shared letters muted; letters that set Courier and courrez apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Courier (CVVCVVC) and courrez (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - Courier and courrez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Courier is aname and courrezaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Courier is recorded at frequency rank #40,201, classified as aname. 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 84067, this pair ranks #13,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Courier vs courrez
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "Courier": i. Private to "courrez": z.
"Courier" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "courrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Courier" 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 #13,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Courier" 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 #13,640 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.