corallien
\kɔ.ʁa.ljɛ̃\
The verdict
“corallien” is uncommon French (frequency #71,386 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,386
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formé, constitué de coraux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corallien · corallien · French
corallien · rank #71,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,386
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contrepèterie
Nearest frequency peer: contrepèterie (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « corallien »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- contiguë
contiguë
28,618 corpus weight
- contrariant
contrariant
28,617 corpus weight
- contrepèter…
contrepèterie
28,616 corpus weight
- corallien
corallien
28,615 corpus weight
- cordonnerie
cordonnerie
28,614 corpus weight
- cormoran
cormoran
28,613 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « corallien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corallien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁa.ljɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « corallien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
corallien is uncommon French at frequency #71,386 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ.ʁa.ljɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Formé, constitué de coraux.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for corallien in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is corallien, spelled C-O-R-A-L-L-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Formé, constitué de coraux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corallien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] : la craie et le système corallien laissant facilement passer l’eau jusqu’à ce qu’elle soit arrêtée par les marnes; ce qui explique le dessèchement du sol de la Champagne et les nombreuses sources qu’on trouve au pied des monts, depuis Vaux-Champagne jusqu’à Séchault, comme au pied de la falaise qui limite les calcaires coralliens.
Les exemples en sont fréquents dans les régions coralliennes de l'Yonne et des Ardennes, car c'est dans ces argiles qu'on trouve les magnifiques oursins et polypiers coralliens qui ornent toutes les collections: on peut s'en persuader aisément dans les Ardennes à Puiseux, Novion-Porcien, Wasigny, Mesmont, Wagnon, etc.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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