Corine

\kɔ.ʁin\

/\kɔ.ʁin\/ name

The verdict

“Corine” is uncommon French (frequency #59,912 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,912
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corine · Corine · French

Corine · rank #59,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,912
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cordy

Nearest frequency peer: Cordy (-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 « Corine »

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 « Corine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Corine
PropertyValue
HeadwordCorine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔ.ʁin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,912
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Corine » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Corinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Cordy » (#59,911), « corsets » (#59,913), « conroy » (#59,908). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Corine » est au #59,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Corine is uncommon French at frequency #59,912 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Corine in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Corine, spelled C-O-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Voici la composition du nouveau bureau : Pascal Nadiras et Paulo Torres, co-présidents ; Michael Cueille, Christophe Simonie, vice-présidents ; Virginie Martinie, secrétaire ; Margaux Lissac, secrétaire adjointe ; Corine Simonie, trésorier ; Alexandre Lacombe, trésorier adjoint.

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 "Corine"?
"Corine" is spelled C-O-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁin\.
What does "Corine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Corine" means: Prénom féminin.
How do you pronounce "Corine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Corine" is \kɔ.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Corine" come from?
"Corine" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list