corniche
/kɔːˈniːʃ/
"corniche" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corniche” is uncommon English (frequency #79,412 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,412
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
| 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) |
Where “corniche” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
corniche is uncommon English at frequency #79,412 among 43,570 “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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Using “corniche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-N-I-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.