cornedvscornerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: corned is a adjective, corner is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“corned” is an adjective and “corner” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,294
“corned” frequency rank
#1,817
“corner” frequency rank
47111
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature corned corner
Definition Consisting of grains; granulated. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

Letter map: corned vs corner

Shared letters muted; letters that set corned and corner apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
corned
6 ch
corner

Role in the sentence - corned and corner

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: corned is anadjective and corneranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “corned” becomes r in “corner”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

corned is recorded at frequency rank #45,294, classified as anadj. corner is at rank #1,817, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/.

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 47111, this pair ranks #205,469 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of corned vs corner

Shared letters: cenor. Private to "corned": d. Private to "corner": -.

"corned" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "corner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cornedccorned · conred · corend · cornde · cornedd · cornned · corrned · croned
  • cornerccorner · conrer · corenr · cornerr · cornner · cornre · corrner · croner

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "corned" and "corner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "corned" is an adjective and "corner" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "corned" or "corner" show up more?
"corner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,817 in our English list, against #45,294 for "corned". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "corned" vs "corner" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "corned" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,469 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "corned" and "corner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corker vs corned". 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 #205,469 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list