corne
"corne" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corne” is uncommon English (frequency #71,420 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,420
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of corn.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corne · corne · English
corne · rank #71,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,420
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contralateral
Nearest frequency peer: contralateral (-2 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 “corne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- conjurer
conjurer
28,585 corpus weight
- contextuali…
contextualize
28,584 corpus weight
- contralater…
contralateral
28,583 corpus weight
- corne
corne
28,581 corpus weight
- cous
cous
28,579 corpus weight
- creat
creat
28,577 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “corne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “corne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
corne is uncommon English at frequency #71,420 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of corn.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for corne in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is corne, spelled C-O-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of corn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I may ſhut vp this booke of plantes with a moſt famous and renowmed concluſion, I will heere declare how all kind of corne and pulſe, together with the vines themſelues ſhall recompence all our labours with great encreaſe.
[…] Finally , at this our Sauiour alſo aymeth in the Parable of the rich Man, who abounding in all prouiſion, and hauing more Corne and Fruits then roome to beſtow them in,[…]
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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