Coraline
"coraline" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Coraline” is uncommon English (frequency #61,389 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,389
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name originating as a coinage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coraline · Coraline · English
Coraline · rank #61,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,389
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cooldown
Nearest frequency peer: cooldown (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Coraline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- combi
combi
38,617 corpus weight
- cooldown
cooldown
38,613 corpus weight
- Coraline
Coraline
38,612 corpus weight
- Crayola
Crayola
38,609 corpus weight
- crevasse
crevasse
38,608 corpus weight
- crooner
crooner
38,607 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Coraline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Coraline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Coraline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Coraline is uncommon English at frequency #61,389 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name originating as a coinage.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Coraline, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: An elaborate form of Coralie, itself derived from coral. Name of a character in Adolphe Adam's opera Le toréador. The correct English form is Coraline, spelled C-O-R-A-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name originating as a coinage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Coraline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'The mice tell me that all is good,' he said. 'They say that you are our saviour, Caroline.' 'It's Coraline, Mister Bobo,' said Coraline. 'Not Caroline. Coraline.' ' Coraline,' said Mr Bobo, repeating her name to himself with wonderment and respect.
Etymology
An elaborate form of Coralie, itself derived from coral. Name of a character in Adolphe Adam's opera Le toréador.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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