cordial

\kɔʁ.djal\

/\kɔʁ.djal\/ adj

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The verdict

“cordial” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,692
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est propre à ranimer le fonctionnement du cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cordial · cordial · French

cordial · rank #40,692 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,692
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contrevient

Nearest frequency peer: contrevient (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cordial »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cordial » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cordial vs cordier
71% similar
cordial vs cordiale
88% similar
cordial vs coral
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cordial
PropertyValue
Headwordcordial
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔʁ.djal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,692
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cordial »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cordialse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contrevient » (#40,691), « cordée » (#40,693), « contaminées » (#40,690). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cordial » est au #40,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cordial (IPA \kɔʁ.djal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,692 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cordial, with forms such as "ccordial", "codrial", and "cordail". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cordier", "cordiale", "coral", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cordial, spelled C-O-R-D-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est propre à ranimer le fonctionnement du cœur.
  2. 2
    Qui parle et agit sincèrement, à cœur ouvert.
  3. 3
    Qui vient du cœur, qui est sincère, en parlant d’une chose.
  4. 4
    Qui est poli et assez plaisant.
  5. 5
    Amical.
  6. 6
    Chaleureux.
  7. 7
    Une boisson alcoolisée, dans le contexte de la restauration

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cordial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Toutes les parties de l’oranger, excepté les racines , sont fortifiantes, céphaliques , stomachiques, cordiales, anti-septiques; les fleurs sont d'un fréquent usage , et les fruits sont très-sains lorsqu'ils sont bien mûrs.
  2. Nous réservâmes aux nouveaux venus un accueil qui fut cordial et empressé, mais le temps n’était pas aux effusions et d’un commun avis, il fallait agir vite.

This word in other languages

cardiac(English)cordial(Español)herzlich(Deutsch)cordial(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccordial
  • codrial
  • cordail
  • corddial
  • cordiall
  • cordila
  • coridal
  • corrdial
  • crodial
  • ocrdial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cordial - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccordial1codrial2cordail2corddial1cordiall1cordila2coridal2corrdial1
Edit distance from "cordial"

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 "cordial"?
"cordial" is spelled C-O-R-D-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.djal\.
What does "cordial" mean?
As an adjective, "cordial" means: Qui est propre à ranimer le fonctionnement du cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "cordial"?
"cordial" is commonly confused with "cordier", "cordiale", "coral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cordial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cordial" is \kɔʁ.djal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cordial" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

concave#40,682croûtes#40,702cyclope#40,705colibri#40,677

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

diadème10 variantsdociles10 variantsCaumont10 variantsdénigre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list