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coroner

cor·o·ner/ˈkɔɹ.ə.nɚ/noun

coroner is spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables (cor·o·ner). It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coroner means “A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coroner is coroners.

How many letters and syllables are in coroner?

Letters7: C-O-R-O-N-E-R
Syllables3: cor·o·ner
In writing2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is coroner?

Coroner appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 coroner?

  • UK /ˈkɒ.ɹə.nə(ɹ)/
  • US /ˈkɔɹ.ə.nɚ/
  • /ˈkɑɹ.ə.nɚ/

Coroner has 3 syllables, split cor·o·ner in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coroner.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-coroner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with coroner?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coroner from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹənəɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: crooner.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of coroner

  • coroners plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does coroner mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    CommonwealthIrelandA public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.

    The coroner confirmed the cause of death.

  2. 2

    CanadaUSA medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

    A report from the coroner was presented in court.

  3. 3

    The administrative head of a sheading.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Coroner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmédecin légiste, coroner (who presides over an inquest)
GermanCoroner, Gerichtsmediziner (who presides over an inquest), Leichenbeschauer, Leichenbeschauerin (who performs autopsies)
Portugueselegista (who presides over an inquest), médico-legista, médica-legista (who performs autopsies)
Spanishforense (who performs autopsies)

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 coroner come from?

From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custōs placitōrum corōnae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties. Compare crowner. Doublet of crown.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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