Which to use
“courus” is a verb and “cousue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,530
- “courus” frequency rank
- #39,728
- “cousue” frequency rank
- 85258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | courus | cousue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de courir. | Cigarette industrielle, déjà roulée, par opposition à celle que l’on roule soi-même. |
Where the eye mixes courus and cousue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. courus (CVVCVC) and cousue (CVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: courus vs cousue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: courus is \ku.ʁy\ while cousue is \ku.zy\. 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 85258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
courus is recorded at frequency rank #45,530, classified as averb, pronounced \ku.ʁy\. cousue is at rank #39,728, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.zy\.
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 85258, this pair ranks #11,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of courus vs cousue
Shared letters: cosu. Private to "courus": r. Private to "cousue": e.
"courus" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "cousue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "courus" for "cousue" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "courus" or "cousue" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "courus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cousue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "courus" and "cousue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courges vs courus". 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 #11,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.