corme
\kɔʁm\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « corme » en français
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
- 1Organe de réserve souterrain morphologiquement proche du bulbe mais formé d’une tige renflée entourée d’écailles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
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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.