Corne d’Or
\kɔʁ.nə.dɔʁ\
The verdict
“Corne d’Or” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Port de Constantinople, parce que le commerce y transportait tous les produits de l’univers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corne-d-or · Corne d’Or · French
Corne d’Or · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Corne d’Or |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.nə.dɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Corne d’Or » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Corne d’Or is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔʁ.nə.dɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Port de Constantinople, parce que le commerce y transportait tous les produits de l’univers.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Corne d’Or in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Corne d’Or, spelled C-O-R-N-E- -D-’-O-R.
Definition
- 1Port de Constantinople, parce que le commerce y transportait tous les produits de l’univers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Corne d’Or appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Valérien s’approchait à la tête de la plus puissante armée romaine jamais rassemblée ! Il venait de franchir la Corne d’Or et progressait à travers l’Asie Mineure. Son avant-garde était signalée en Commagène.
This word in other languages
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