cornemuse
\kɔʁ.nə.myz\
The verdict
“cornemuse” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,808
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument de musique à vent, composé de tuyaux et d’une outre formée d’une peau de mouton, qu’on enfle grâce au premier tuyau appelé porte-vent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cornemuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.nə.myz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cornemuse” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around cornemuse (IPA \kɔʁ.nə.myz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,808 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Instrument de musique à vent, composé de tuyaux et d’une outre formée d’une peau de mouton, qu’on enfle grâce au premier tuyau appelé porte-vent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cornemuse, with forms such as "ccornemuse", "conremuse", and "corenmuse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cornemuse, spelled C-O-R-N-E-M-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument de musique à vent, composé de tuyaux et d’une outre formée d’une peau de mouton, qu’on enfle grâce au premier tuyau appelé porte-vent.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccornemuse,conremuse,corenmuse,cornemmuse,cornemsue,cornemues,cornemusse,corneumse,cornmeuse,cornnemuse,corrnemuse,cronemuse,ocrnemuse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cornemuse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “cornemuse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-R-N-E-M-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔʁ.nə.myz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.