corium
The verdict
“corium” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dicke Haut des Tiers; Fell, Haut, Balg
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corium” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for corium is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for corium in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is corium, spelled C-O-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1dicke Haut des Tiers; Fell, Haut, Balg
- 2Haut des Menschen, die geprügelt wird; Leder
- 3abgezogene Haut des Tiers, die zu unterschiedlichen Zwecken genutzt wird; Haut
- 4gegerbte Tierhaut; Leder
- 5Haut, Schale, Hülse
- 6äußere Schicht von etwas; Überzug, Auftrag, Lage, Kruste
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “corium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-R-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.