# coronal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɒɹənəl/ · frequency rank #43,581

## Definitions
1. Relating to a crown or coronation.
2. Relating to the corona of a star.
3. Relating to the corona of a flower.
4. Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.
5. Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).
6. Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth.
7. Relating to the corona glandis.
8. Relating to a coroner's findings.

## Etymology
From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”).

## Easily confused with
- **corral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coronal-vs-corral)
- **coroner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coronal-vs-coroner)
- **corporal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coronal-vs-corporal)
- **coronary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coronal-vs-coronary)
- **coral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coral-vs-coronal)
- **corona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corona-vs-coronal)
- **carnal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-coronal)
- **colonel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colonel-vs-coronal)
- **cordial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cordial-vs-coronal)
- **corneal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corneal-vs-coronal)
- **colonial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colonial-vs-coronal)
- **Coronado** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coronado-vs-coronal)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccoronal`, `coornal`, `cornoal`, `coroanl`, `coronall`, `coronla`, `coronnal`, `corronal`, `croonal`, `ocronal`

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