coryphée
/kɒɹɪˈfeɪ/
"coryphee" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coryphée” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of coryphaeus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coryphée |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒɹɪˈfeɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coryphée” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for coryphée is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɒɹɪˈfeɪ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
coryphée has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French coryphée, from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), from κορῠφή (korŭphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, … The correct English form is coryphée, spelled C-O-R-Y-P-H-É-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of coryphaeus.
- 2Synonym of coryphaeus.
- 3A ballet dancer ranking above a member of the corps de ballet and below a soloist.
Etymology
Borrowed from French coryphée, from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), from κορῠφή (korŭphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coryphée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-Y-P-H-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɒɹɪˈfeɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.