Corée du Nord

\kɔ.ʁe dy nɔʁ\

/\kɔ.ʁe dy nɔʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Corée du Nord” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État asiatique occupant la moitié nord de la péninsule Coréenne, bordé au nord par la Chine et la Russie, à l’est par la mer du Japon, au sud par la Corée du Sud, à l’ouest par la mer Jaune et dont...

Key facts for Corée du Nord
PropertyValue
HeadwordCorée du Nord
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔ.ʁe dy nɔʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Corée du Nord” sits in French frequency

Corée du Nord falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Corée du Nord is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁe dy nɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État asiatique occupant la moitié nord de la péninsule Coréenne, bordé au nord par la Chine et la Russie, à l’est par la mer du Japon, au sud par la Corée du Sud, à l’ouest par la mer Jaune et dont...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Corée du Nord in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Corée du Nord, spelled C-O-R-É-E- -D-U- -N-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    État asiatique occupant la moitié nord de la péninsule Coréenne, bordé au nord par la Chine et la Russie, à l’est par la mer du Japon, au sud par la Corée du Sud, à l’ouest par la mer Jaune et dont la capitale est Pyongyang.

Synonyms

République populaire démocratique de Corée

This word in other languages

North Korea(English)Corea del Norte(Español)Nordkorea(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Corée du Nord"?
"Corée du Nord" is spelled C-O-R-É-E- -D-U- -N-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁe dy nɔʁ\.
What does "Corée du Nord" mean?
As a proper noun, "Corée du Nord" means: État asiatique occupant la moitié nord de la péninsule Coréenne, bordé au nord par la Chine et la Russie, à l’est par la mer du Japon, au sud par la Corée du Sud, à l’ouest par la mer Jaune et dont...
How do you pronounce "Corée du Nord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Corée du Nord" is \kɔ.ʁe dy nɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Corée du Nord" come from?
"Corée du Nord" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Corée du Nord”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-R-É-E- -D-U- -N-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ.ʁe dy nɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list