# corner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #1,817

## Definitions
1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
2. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
3. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
4. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
5. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
6. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
7. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
8. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
9. An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
10. A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
11. A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
12. Relating to the playing field.
13. Relating to the playing field.
14. Relating to the playing field.
15. Relating to the playing field.
16. Relating to the playing field.
17. Relating to the playing field.
18. A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
19. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-corr)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cover)
- **corny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-corny)
- **coyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-coyne)
- **cower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cower)
- **cortex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cortex)
- **Cortez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cortez)
- **corset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-corset)
- **Correa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-correa)
- **Cortes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cortes)
- **cornet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cornet)
- **cotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cotter)
- **Cowper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cowper)
- **corners** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-corners)
- **courier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-courier)
- **coroner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-coroner)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/core-vs-corner)
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corn-vs-corner)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cone-vs-corner)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-corner)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccorner`, `conrer`, `corenr`, `cornerr`, `cornner`, `cornre`, `corrner`, `croner`, `ocrner`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/corner