corniche
/kɔːˈniːʃ/
"corniche" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corniche” is uncommon English (frequency #79,412 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,412
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
Corpus desk
Index EN-corniche · corniche · English
corniche · rank #79,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,412
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cornflower
Nearest frequency peer: cornflower (-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 “corniche”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- copra
copra
20,593 corpus weight
- cornflower
cornflower
20,590 corpus weight
- corniche
corniche
20,589 corpus weight
- corruptible
corruptible
20,587 corpus weight
- cottontail
cottontail
20,585 corpus weight
- counterbala…
counterbalanced
20,583 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “corniche” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corniche |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔːˈniːʃ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “corniche” in English
Rare enough to double-check
corniche is uncommon English at frequency #79,412 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɔːˈniːʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corniche, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French corniche (“ledge”). The correct English form is corniche, spelled C-O-R-N-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
Etymology
From French corniche (“ledge”).
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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