Cornelia

/[kɔʁˈneːli̯a]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,795

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Cornelia is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [kɔʁˈneːli̯a].

Key facts for Cornelia
PropertyValue
HeadwordCornelia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[kɔʁˈneːli̯a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,795
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Cornelia in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Cornelia is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔʁˈneːli̯a]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,795 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Cornelia, with forms such as "ccornelia", "conrelia", and "corenlia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Cornelia, spelled C-O-R-N-E-L-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccornelia,conrelia,corenlia,corneila,cornelai,cornellia,cornleia,cornnelia,corrnelia,cronelia,ocrnelia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Cornelia

Misspelling Variants of "Cornelia"

ccornelia9conrelia8corenlia8corneila8cornelai8cornellia9cornleia8cornnelia9
Misspelling Variants of "Cornelia"

Frequency rank: #13,795 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cornelia"?
"Cornelia" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔʁˈneːli̯a].
What does "Cornelia" mean?
As a name, "Cornelia" means: weiblicher Vorname
What are common misspellings of "Cornelia"?
Common misspellings include "ccornelia", "conrelia", "corenlia", "corneila", "cornelai". The correct spelling is "Cornelia".
How do you pronounce "Cornelia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cornelia" is [kɔʁˈneːli̯a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cornelia" come from?
"Cornelia" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.