corail

/\kɔ.ʁaj\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,846

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

corail is aFrenchnoun. It means: Animal marin, microscopique et symbiotique vivant en colonie et construisant le récif corallien. Pronounced \kɔ.ʁaj\. Often confused with Coran and Cyril.

Key facts for corail
PropertyValue
Headwordcorail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʁaj\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,846
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of corail in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for corail is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.ʁaj\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,846 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for corail, with forms such as "ccorail", "coaril", and "coraill". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Coran", "Cyril", "Craig", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is corail, spelled C-O-R-A-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal marin, microscopique et symbiotique vivant en colonie et construisant le récif corallien.
  2. 2
    Récif constitué par les colonies de coraux ou leurs restes.
  3. 3
    Cnidaire de la Méditerranée au squelette rouge et a la forme d’un arbuste plus ou moins rameux et d’une extrême dureté. Son appellation binomiale est : Corallium rubrum.
  4. 4
    Matière calcaire issue du squelette du cnidaire Corallium rubrum utilisée en joaillerie.
  5. 5
    Une bouche de corail, des lèvres de corail, Une bouche fraîche et vermeille.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorail,coaril,coraill,corali,corial,corrail,croail,ocrail

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for corail

Misspelling Variants of "corail"

ccorail7coaril6coraill7corali6corial6corrail7croail6ocrail6
Misspelling Variants of "corail"

Frequency rank: #16,846 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corail"?
"corail" is spelled C-O-R-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁaj\.
What does "corail" mean?
As a noun, "corail" means: Animal marin, microscopique et symbiotique vivant en colonie et construisant le récif corallien.
What words are commonly confused with "corail"?
"corail" is commonly confused with "Coran", "Cyril", "Craig". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corail" is \kɔ.ʁaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corail" come from?
"corail" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.