corner
/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/
"corner" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corner” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,817
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corner · corner · English
corner · rank #1,817 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,817
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conversation
Nearest frequency peer: conversation (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “corner”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cells
cells
98,187 corpus weight
- concerned
concerned
98,186 corpus weight
- conversation
conversation
98,185 corpus weight
- corner
corner
98,184 corpus weight
- criminal
criminal
98,183 corpus weight
- cultural
cultural
98,182 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “corner” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around corner (IPA /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,817 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 19 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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- "corner" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "corr". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,817 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.