Corinna
"corinna" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Corinna” is uncommon English (frequency #57,955 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,955
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient Greek poetess.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corinna · Corinna · English
Corinna · rank #57,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,955
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH corrector
Nearest frequency peer: corrector (+1 rank slots)
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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 “Corinna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- conic
conic
42,051 corpus weight
- consecrate
consecrate
42,050 corpus weight
- Corinna
Corinna
42,046 corpus weight
- corrector
corrector
42,045 corpus weight
- corticoster…
corticosteroid
42,044 corpus weight
- corvus
corvus
42,043 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Corinna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Corinna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Corinna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Corinna is uncommon English at frequency #57,955 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Corinna, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore. The correct English form is Corinna, spelled C-O-R-I-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1An ancient Greek poetess.
- 2A locality in Circular Head council area, Waratah-Wynyard council area and the West Coast council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
- 3A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Corinna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
During this period he became acquainted with the poetess Corinna, who was likewiſe a ſtudent under Myrtis, and, Pauſanias ſays, was one of the moſt beautiful women of her time.
The most renowned poetess of ancient Greece, after Sappho, was Corinna, who came from a town in Boeotia named Tanagra.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore.
This word in other languages
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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