corona

/[…]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,181

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

corona is aGermannoun. It means: die Krone Pronounced […]. Often confused with corsa and cortina.

Key facts for corona
PropertyValue
Headwordcorona
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,181
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for corona is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,181 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for corona, with forms such as "ccorona", "coorna", and "cornoa". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "corsa", "cortina", "of", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 corona, spelled C-O-R-O-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Krone
  2. 2
    der Kranz
  3. 3
    der Hof
  4. 4
    übertragen der Kreis

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorona,coorna,cornoa,coroan,coronna,corrona,croona,ocrona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for corona

Misspelling Variants of "corona"

ccorona7coorna6cornoa6coroan6coronna7corrona7croona6ocrona6
Misspelling Variants of "corona"

Frequency rank: #19,181 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corona"?
"corona" is spelled C-O-R-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "corona" mean?
As a noun, "corona" means: die Krone
What words are commonly confused with "corona"?
"corona" is commonly confused with "corsa", "cortina", "of". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corona" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corona" come from?
"corona" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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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.