cordophone
\kɔʁ.dɔ.fɔn\
The verdict
“cordophone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit des instruments à cordes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cordophone · cordophone · French
cordophone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | cordophone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.dɔ.fɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cordophone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cordophone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔʁ.dɔ.fɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit des instruments à cordes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cordophone, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cordophone, spelled C-O-R-D-O-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit des instruments à cordes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cordophone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le clavecin et l'épinette sont des instruments cordophones à cordes pincées.
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.