Which to use
“kurde” is a noun and “kurdes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,665
- “kurde” frequency rank
- #10,526
- “kurdes” frequency rank
- 26191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kurde | kurdes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Langue parlée au Kurdistan (Turquie, Iran, Iraq et Syrie). Elle fait partie de la famille des langues iraniennes (qui appartiennent au groupe indo-européen) et se compose de différents dialectes (voir hyponymes ci-dessous). | Pluriel de kurde. |
Same sound, different letters: kurde vs kurdes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: kurde vs kurdes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: kurde and kurdes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kyʁd\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “kurde” sits inside “kurdes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kurde is recorded at frequency rank #15,665, classified as anoun, pronounced \kyʁd\. kurdes is at rank #10,526, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kyʁd\.
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 26191, this pair ranks #336,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kurde vs kurdes
Shared letters: dekru. Private to "kurde": -. Private to "kurdes": s.
"kurde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "kurdes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "kurde" and "kurdes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "kurde" or "kurdes"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "kurde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kurdes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kurde" and "kurdes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kurde vs kyrie". 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 #336,586 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.