Cordélia

\kɔʁ.de.lja\

/\kɔʁ.de.lja\/ name

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cordélia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cordélia
PropertyValue
HeadwordCordélia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔʁ.de.lja\
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cordélia » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Cordéliatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « contrefous » (#89,558), « contrecoups » (#89,557), « corrie » (#89,561). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cordélia » est au #89,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Satellite naturel de la planète Uranus.
  2. 2
    (2758) Cordélia : Planète mineure.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cordélia"?
"Cordélia" is spelled C-O-R-D-É-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.de.lja\.
What does "Cordélia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cordélia" means: Satellite naturel de la planète Uranus.
How do you pronounce "Cordélia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cordélia" is \kɔʁ.de.lja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cordélia" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cordélia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list