corneille

\kɔʁ.nɛj\

/\kɔʁ.nɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“corneille” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,344
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau passereau de couleur noire (ou partiellement noire), de la famille des corvidés, voisin du corbeau mais de plus petite taille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corneille · corneille · French

corneille · rank #15,344 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,344
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH copyright

Nearest frequency peer: copyright (-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 « corneille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « corneille » 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).

corneille vs conseille
78% similar
corneille vs corbeille
89% similar
corneille vs corbeilles
80% similar

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

Key facts for corneille
PropertyValue
Headwordcorneille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.nɛj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,344
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corneille »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).corneillese 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 « copyright » (#15,343), « correspondante » (#15,345), « convertis » (#15,342). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corneille » est au #15,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around corneille (IPA \kɔʁ.nɛj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,344 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for corneille, with forms such as "ccorneille", "conreille", and "corenille". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "conseille", "corbeille", "corbeilles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is corneille, spelled C-O-R-N-E-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oiseau passereau de couleur noire (ou partiellement noire), de la famille des corvidés, voisin du corbeau mais de plus petite taille.
  2. 2
    Cornéole.
  3. 3
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme le corbeau dont il diffère peu sinon par la taille (plus petit), ce qui ne permet pas une identification aisée (risque de confusion).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il vivait là, en face des tours, n’entendant que le cri des corneilles et la sonnerie des heures qui s’égrenaient, une à une, dans le silence et l’abandon de la place.
  2. […], et lorsque, par moments, près du clocher de Sainte-Gudule, les croassements des corneilles s'élevaient, vous eussiez juré que c'était juste au dessus de votre tête.

Synonyms

chasse-bossechasse-pestecornéoleherbe aux écuslysimachielysimaqueperce-bosse

This word in other languages

crow(English)corneja(Español)Krähe(Deutsch)gralha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorneille
  • conreille
  • corenille
  • corneile
  • corneilel
  • cornelile
  • cornielle
  • cornneille
  • corrneille
  • croneille
  • ocrneille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corneille - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccorneille1conreille2corenille2corneile1corneilel2cornelile2cornielle2cornneille1
Edit distance from "corneille"

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 "corneille"?
"corneille" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.nɛj\.
What does "corneille" mean?
As a noun, "corneille" means: Oiseau passereau de couleur noire (ou partiellement noire), de la famille des corvidés, voisin du corbeau mais de plus petite taille.
What words are commonly confused with "corneille"?
"corneille" is commonly confused with "conseille", "corbeille", "corbeilles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corneille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corneille" is \kɔʁ.nɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corneille" come from?
"corneille" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

copyright#15,343convertis#15,342corrompus#15,346contenues#15,338

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

cosmique11 variantsdéclara11 variantsbranler11 variantsestimait11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list