cornflower
/ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊ.ɚ/noun, adjective
cornflower is spelled C-O-R-N-F-L-O-W-E-R: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cornflower means “A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e.…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cornflower is cornflowers.
How many letters and syllables are in cornflower?
| Letters | 10: C-O-R-N-F-L-O-W-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cornflower?
Cornflower appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cornflower?
- US /ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊ.ɚ/
Cornflower has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cornflower.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cornflower
- cornflowers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cornflower mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
- 2
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
- 3
A color, cornflower blue.
adjective
- 1
Synonym of cornflower blue, a shade of blue similar to that of the usual cornflower.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cornflower in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Centaurea cyanus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bleuet, centaurée bleuet, aubifoin |
| German | Kornblume |
| Portuguese | centáurea, escovinha, marianinha |
| Spanish | azulejo, aciano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cornflower come from?
From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).