corme

\kɔʁm\

/\kɔʁm\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organe de réserve souterrain morphologiquement proche du bulbe mais formé d’une tige renflée entourée d’écailles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corme · corme · French

corme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for corme
PropertyValue
Headwordcorme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁm\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « corme » en français

cormesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

corme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organe de réserve souterrain morphologiquement proche du bulbe mais formé d’une tige renflée entourée d’écailles.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for corme in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is corme, spelled C-O-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organe de réserve souterrain morphologiquement proche du bulbe mais formé d’une tige renflée entourée d’écailles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cormes mous à chair blanche du taro se consomment cuits à l’eau, frits ou rôtis en accompagnement, ou bien s’utilisent pour préparer le foufou.
  2. La première preuve de culture de Crocus triploïde peut être trouvée dans l’atlas botanique de Théophraste : Historia Plantarum (350–287 BC). Il y décrit la plante donnant le safran et la propagation par les cormes.

Synonyms

bulbe solide

This word in other languages

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 "corme"?
"corme" is spelled C-O-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁm\.
What does "corme" mean?
As a noun, "corme" means: Organe de réserve souterrain morphologiquement proche du bulbe mais formé d’une tige renflée entourée d’écailles.
How do you pronounce "corme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corme" is \kɔʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corme" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list