Cornelius

name

The verdict

“Cornelius” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,764
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille romain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cornelius · Cornelius · French

Cornelius · rank #32,764 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,764
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consultante

Nearest frequency peer: consultante (-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 « Cornelius »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Cornelius » 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
Key facts for Cornelius
PropertyValue
HeadwordCornelius
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,764
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cornelius »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Corneliusse 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 « consultante » (#32,763), « Corsica » (#32,765), « constructives » (#32,762). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cornelius » est au #32,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Cornelius, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,764 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille romain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cornelius, with forms such as "ccornelius", "conrelius", and "corenlius". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Cornelius, spelled C-O-R-N-E-L-I-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille romain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Publius Cornelius Scipio (IIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccornelius
  • conrelius
  • corenlius
  • corneilus
  • cornelisu
  • corneliuss
  • cornellius
  • corneluis
  • cornleius
  • cornnelius
  • corrnelius
  • cronelius
  • ocrnelius

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccornelius1conrelius2corenlius2corneilus2cornelisu2corneliuss1cornellius1corneluis2
Edit distance from "Cornelius"

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 "Cornelius"?
"Cornelius" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-L-I-U-S.
What does "Cornelius" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cornelius" means: Nom de famille romain.
What are common misspellings of "Cornelius"?
Common misspellings include "ccornelius", "conrelius", "corenlius", "corneilus", "cornelisu". The correct spelling is "Cornelius".
What language does "Cornelius" come from?
"Cornelius" 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 "Cornelius", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list