cornflour
/ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/
"cornflour" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cornflour” is uncommon English (frequency #97,971 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,971
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cornflour · cornflour · English
cornflour · rank #97,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,971
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Coolangatta
Nearest frequency peer: Coolangatta (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “cornflour”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- contactor
contactor
2,034 corpus weight
- Coolangatta
Coolangatta
2,031 corpus weight
- cornflour
cornflour
2,030 corpus weight
- corpuscles
corpuscles
2,029 corpus weight
- Cotterell
Cotterell
2,027 corpus weight
- courseware
courseware
2,026 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cornflour” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cornflour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cornflour” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cornflour is uncommon English at frequency #97,971 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cornflour has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From corn + flour. Piecewise doublet of cornflower. The correct English form is cornflour, spelled C-O-R-N-F-L-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
- 2A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).
Etymology
From corn + flour. Piecewise doublet of cornflower.
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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