Corydon

name

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"corydon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Corydon” is uncommon English (frequency #94,714 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,714
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Greek, notably used as a stock name for a shepherd in pastorals, in particular a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in Virgil's Eclogues.

Corpus desk

Index EN-corydon · Corydon · English

Corydon · rank #94,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,714
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cosign

Nearest frequency peer: cosign (+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 “Corydon”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Corydon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Corydon
PropertyValue
HeadwordCorydon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,714
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Corydon” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Corydonfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “cosign” (#94,715), “courser” (#94,717), “copay” (#94,710). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Corydon” is #94,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Corydon is uncommon English at frequency #94,714 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Corydon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”). The correct English form is Corydon, spelled C-O-R-Y-D-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male given name from Greek, notably used as a stock name for a shepherd in pastorals, in particular a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in Virgil's Eclogues.
  2. 2
    A place name used for several towns in the United States.
  3. 3
    A place name used for several towns in the United States.
  4. 4
    A place name used for several towns in the United States.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Corydon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They give voice to Corydon′s passion; they confront in their own culture the constraints that hedge his passion in.
  2. Byron shocked regency England by citing it^([Virgil's second eclogue]) in the opening canto of Don Juan, and Andre Gide gave the title Corydon to the controversial defense of homosexuality he published in 1924. Virgil depicts Corydon’s passion with psychological realism and a touch of wry irony.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Corydon"?
"Corydon" is spelled C-O-R-Y-D-O-N.
What does "Corydon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Corydon" means: A male given name from Greek, notably used as a stock name for a shepherd in pastorals, in particular a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in Virgil's Eclogues.
What is the origin of the word "Corydon"?
From Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Corydon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

courser#94,717crinkly#94,723Cwmbran#94,736Damodar#94,740

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list