coralline
\kɔ.ʁa.lin\
The verdict
“coralline” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Algue, à rameaux incrustés d’une matière calcaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coralline · coralline · French
coralline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | coralline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁa.lin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coralline is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁa.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coralline, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coralline, spelled C-O-R-A-L-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Algue, à rameaux incrustés d’une matière calcaire.
- 2Coraillère.
- 3Colorant rouge-orangé utilisé principalement pour le coton, découvert en 1835 par Jean-François Persoz, il s'agit d'un mélange de plusieurs molécules.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coralline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] , imaginez un petit ruisseau de cette belle eau de mer si fraîche, si limpide, roulant sur des cailloux que les fucus, les corallines, les spongodium et cent autres espèces d'algues, émaillaient de mille couleurs.
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.