corf
/kɔɹf/noun
corf is spelled C-O-R-F: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corf means “A large basket, especially as used for coal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corf is corves or corfs.
How many letters and syllables are in corf?
| Letters | 4: C-O-R-F |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 corf?
Corf appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 corf?
- UK /kɔːf/
- US /kɔɹf/
Corf has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-corf.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-corf.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with corf?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as corf from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹf/):
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 corf
- corves plural
- corfs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corf mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large basket, especially as used for coal.
- 2
A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
- 3
A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corf in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense container used to store live fish underwater:
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 corf come from?
From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *korb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).