courrezvscoursesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: courrez is a verb, courses is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“courrez” is a verb and “courses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,866
“courrez” frequency rank
#2,568
“courses” frequency rank
46434
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature courrez courses
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de courir. Pluriel de course.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set courrez and courses apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
courrez
7 ch
courses

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: courrez is \kuʁ.ʁe\ while courses is \kuʁs\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

courrez is recorded at frequency rank #43,866, classified as averb, pronounced \kuʁ.ʁe\. courses is at rank #2,568, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kuʁs\.

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 46434, this pair ranks #194,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of courrez vs courses

Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "courrez": z. Private to "courses": s.

"courrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "courses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • courrezccourrez · corurez · courerz · courrezz · courrze · cuorrez · ocurrez
  • coursesccourses · coruses · couress · courrses · coursess · coursses · cousres · cuorses

Frequency comparison

courrez#43,866
courses#2,568

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "courrez" and "courses" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "courrez" is a verb and "courses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "courrez" or "courses"?
"courses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,568 in our French list, against #43,866 for "courrez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering courrez vs courses

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “courrez”; for a noun, it's “courses”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “courrez” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list