Cordélia
\kɔʁ.de.lja\
The verdict
“Cordélia” is uncommon French (frequency #89,559 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,559
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Satellite naturel de la planète Uranus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cordelia · Cordélia · French
Cordélia · rank #89,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,559
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contrefous
Nearest frequency peer: contrefous (-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 « Cordélia »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- contrariées
contrariées
10,445 corpus weight
- contrecoups
contrecoups
10,444 corpus weight
- contrefous
contrefous
10,443 corpus weight
- Cordélia
Cordélia
10,442 corpus weight
- corrie
corrie
10,440 corpus weight
- corruptible
corruptible
10,439 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cordélia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cordélia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.de.lja\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cordélia » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cordélia is uncommon French at frequency #89,559 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔʁ.de.lja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Cordélia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cordélia, spelled C-O-R-D-É-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Satellite naturel de la planète Uranus.
- 2(2758) Cordélia : Planète mineure.
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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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