corbeil
noun
corbeil is spelled C-O-R-B-E-I-L: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corbeil means “A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corbeil is corbeils.
How many letters and syllables are in corbeil?
| Letters | 7: C-O-R-B-E-I-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is corbeil?
Corbeil appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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).
How do you pronounce corbeil?
Corbeil has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of corbeil
- corbeils plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corbeil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
- 2
A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does corbeil come from?
From French corbeil, from Latin corbicula, from corbis (“a basket”). Doublet of corbicula. By surface analysis, Latin corb- + -eil (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).