corner
/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/
"corner" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corner” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,817 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,817
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corner” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for corner is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,817 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 19 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for corner, with forms such as "ccorner", "conrer", and "corenr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "corr", "cover", "corny", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“p… The correct English form is corner, spelled C-O-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- 2The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- 3The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- 4The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- 5The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- 6The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- 7An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
- 8A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- 9An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- 10A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- 11A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- 12Relating to the playing field.
- 13Relating to the playing field.
- 14Relating to the playing field.
- 15Relating to the playing field.
- 16Relating to the playing field.
- 17Relating to the playing field.
- 18A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- 19A point scored in a rubber at whist.
Etymology
From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccorner,conrer,corenr,cornerr,cornner,cornre,corrner,croner,ocrner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corner - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “corner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “corr” - see the side-by-side comparison. corner vs corr
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.