cormier

\kɔʁ.mje\

/\kɔʁ.mje\/ noun

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The verdict

“cormier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,422
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vulgaire de Cormus domestica, arbre rustique de la famille des Rosacées (Rosaceae]]) aux feuilles composées partiellement dentées, dont les fruits comestibles nommés cormes ou sorbes ressemblan...

Corpus desk

Index FR-cormier · cormier · French

cormier · rank #31,422 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,422
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH converse

Nearest frequency peer: converse (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cormier »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cormier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cormier vs crier
71% similar
cormier vs corner
71% similar
cormier vs côtier
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cormier
PropertyValue
Headwordcormier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.mje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,422
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cormier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cormierse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « converse » (#31,421), « cors » (#31,423), « controversés » (#31,420). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cormier » est au #31,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cormier (IPA \kɔʁ.mje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,422 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cormier, with forms such as "ccormier", "comrier", and "corimer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "crier", "corner", "côtier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cormier, spelled C-O-R-M-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vulgaire de Cormus domestica, arbre rustique de la famille des Rosacées (Rosaceae]]) aux feuilles composées partiellement dentées, dont les fruits comestibles nommés cormes ou sorbes ressemblant à de petites poires ou de petites pommes, originaire d’Europe du sud-ouest et du Maghreb.
  2. 2
    Cornouiller mâle, Cornus mas ^([1]).
  3. 3
    Pièce de bois placée dans un angle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. cormier. Prudence.— C’est un des plus utiles et des plus beaux arbres que le cormier, qui s’élève graduellement, et ses fruits, semblables à de petites poires, ne se mangent qu’en hiver, lorsqu’ils sont ramollis, comme les nèfles, par excès de maturité.
  2. Mais tandis que je m’efface instinctivement derrière le cormier pour ne pas être vue, la barque pique droit, sans même balancer, file vivement sur son erre.

Synonyms

sorbier domestiqueaiprouer

This word in other languages

service tree(English)sorbo(Español)Speierling(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccormier
  • comrier
  • corimer
  • cormeir
  • cormierr
  • cormire
  • cormmier
  • corrmier
  • cromier
  • ocrmier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cormier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccormier1comrier2corimer2cormeir2cormierr1cormire2cormmier1corrmier1
Edit distance from "cormier"

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 "cormier"?
"cormier" is spelled C-O-R-M-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.mje\.
What does "cormier" mean?
As a noun, "cormier" means: Nom vulgaire de Cormus domestica, arbre rustique de la famille des Rosacées (Rosaceae]]) aux feuilles composées partiellement dentées, dont les fruits comestibles nommés cormes ou sorbes ressemblan...
What words are commonly confused with "cormier"?
"cormier" is commonly confused with "crier", "corner", "côtier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cormier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cormier" is \kɔʁ.mje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cormier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cottage#31,424curling#31,431dansait#31,435cluster#31,408

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

clasico10 variantscivière10 variantsciblage10 variantschamois10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list