coralline
adjective, noun
coralline is spelled C-O-R-A-L-L-I-N-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, coralline means “Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in coralline?
| Letters | 9: C-O-R-A-L-L-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coralline?
Coralline appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with coralline?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as coralline.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: collinear.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coralline
- more coralline comparative
- most coralline superlative
- corallines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coralline mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
- 2
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
- 3
Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.
noun
- 1
Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
- 2
An animal that resembles such a coral.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coralline in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of the material coral:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | coralino |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does coralline come from?
From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms. By surface analysis, coral + -ine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).