cornemuses

\kɔʁ.nə.myz\

/\kɔʁ.nə.myz\/ noun

The verdict

“cornemuses” is uncommon French (frequency #71,389 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,389
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cornemuses · cornemuses · French

cornemuses · rank #71,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,389
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cormoran

Nearest frequency peer: cormoran (-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 « cornemuses »

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 « cornemuses » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cornemuses
PropertyValue
Headwordcornemuses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.nə.myz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cornemuses » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cormoran » (#71,388), « corvo » (#71,390), « cordonnerie » (#71,387). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cornemuses » est au #71,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cornemuses is uncommon French at frequency #71,389 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.nə.myz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cornemuse.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cornemuses, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cornemuses, spelled C-O-R-N-E-M-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cornemuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Kevrenn Kastell compte dans ses rangs, bombardes, cornemuses, caisses-claires et percussions.

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 "cornemuses"?
"cornemuses" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-M-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.nə.myz\.
What does "cornemuses" mean?
As a noun, "cornemuses" means: Pluriel de cornemuse.
How do you pronounce "cornemuses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cornemuses" is \kɔʁ.nə.myz\. 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 "cornemuses", 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