corn

noun

The verdict

“corn” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,103
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-corn · corn · French

corn · rank #16,103 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,103
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH core

Nearest frequency peer: core (-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 « corn »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « corn » 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).

corn vs CR
0% similar
corn vs cru
50% similar
corn vs cou
50% similar

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

Key facts for corn
PropertyValue
Headwordcorn
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,103
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corn »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cornse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « core » (#16,102), « corp » (#16,104), « contraception » (#16,101). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corn » est au #16,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around corn, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,103 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Corne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for corn, with forms such as "ccorn", "conr", and "cornn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CR", "cru", "cou", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is corn, spelled C-O-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Monosceros est beste, un corn ad en la teste

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorn
  • conr
  • cornn
  • corrn
  • cron
  • ocrn

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corn - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccorn1conr2cornn1corrn1cron2ocrn2
Edit distance from "corn"

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 "corn"?
"corn" is spelled C-O-R-N.
What does "corn" mean?
As a noun, "corn" means: Corne.
What words are commonly confused with "corn"?
"corn" is commonly confused with "CR", "cru", "cou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "corn" come from?
"corn" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list