corneilles

\kɔʁ.nɛj\

/\kɔʁ.nɛj\/ noun

The verdict

“corneilles” is uncommon French (frequency #50,744 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,744
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-corneilles · corneilles · French

corneilles · rank #50,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,744
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coreligionnai…

Nearest frequency peer: coreligionnaires (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « corneilles »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « corneilles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corneilles
PropertyValue
Headwordcorneilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.nɛj\
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,744
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « corneilles » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).corneillestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « coreligionnaires » (#50,743), « corniches » (#50,745), « corbie » (#50,742). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corneilles » est au #50,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corneilles is uncommon French at frequency #50,744 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.nɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de corneille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for corneilles in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is corneilles, spelled C-O-R-N-E-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de 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 "corneilles"?
"corneilles" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.nɛj\.
What does "corneilles" mean?
As a noun, "corneilles" means: Pluriel de corneille.
How do you pronounce "corneilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corneilles" is \kɔʁ.nɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list