cor anglais
\kɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\
The verdict
“cor anglais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à vent à anche double apparenté au hautbois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cor-anglais · cor anglais · French
cor anglais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cor anglais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cor anglais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cor anglais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument à vent à anche double apparenté au hautbois.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cor anglais in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cor anglais, spelled C-O-R- -A-N-G-L-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Instrument à vent à anche double apparenté au hautbois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cor anglais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut du souffle pour jouer du cor anglais, mais c’est bien là son seul point commun avec le cor !
Le timbre du cor anglais, moins perçant, plus voilé et plus grave que celui du hautbois, ne se prête pas comme lui à la gaieté des refrains rustiques.
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.