Cordy
The verdict
“Cordy” is uncommon French (frequency #59,911 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,911
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cordy · Cordy · French
Cordy · rank #59,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,911
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Corine
Nearest frequency peer: Corine (+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 « Cordy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- conformistes
conformistes
40,095 corpus weight
- connaîtrons
connaîtrons
40,094 corpus weight
- conroy
conroy
40,093 corpus weight
- Cordy
Cordy
40,090 corpus weight
- Corine
Corine
40,089 corpus weight
- corsets
corsets
40,088 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cordy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cordy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cordy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cordy is uncommon French at frequency #59,911 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Cordy has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Cordy, spelled C-O-R-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cordy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chanteuse Annie Cordy réagit par exemple à l’annonce d’une séparation du nord et du sud de la Belgique.
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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