corsage
/kɔːˈsɑːʒ/
"corsage" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corsage” is uncommon English (frequency #76,670 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,670
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The size or shape of a person's body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corsage · corsage · English
corsage · rank #76,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,670
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cosmetically
Nearest frequency peer: cosmetically (+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 “corsage”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- contrive
contrive
23,336 corpus weight
- Coombe
Coombe
23,335 corpus weight
- copulate
copulate
23,334 corpus weight
- corsage
corsage
23,331 corpus weight
- cosmetically
cosmetically
23,330 corpus weight
- counterexam…
counterexample
23,327 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “corsage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corsage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “corsage” in English
Rare enough to double-check
corsage is uncommon English at frequency #76,670 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for corsage in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French corsage. The correct English form is corsage, spelled C-O-R-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1The size or shape of a person's body.
- 2The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
- 3A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corsage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She now selected a slinky garment, composed of what male writers call “some soft, clinging material,” with a corsage which outlined her figure and a skirt which waved tempestuously around her ankles.
Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
Etymology
Borrowed from French corsage.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).