cornemuseux
\kɔʁ.nə.my.zø\
The verdict
“cornemuseux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joueur de cornemuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cornemuseux · cornemuseux · French
cornemuseux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cornemuseux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.nə.my.zø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cornemuseux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.nə.my.zø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Joueur de cornemuse.".
cornemuseux has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cornemuseux, spelled C-O-R-N-E-M-U-S-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Joueur de cornemuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cornemuseux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] il resta impitoyable et féroce et faillit même faire arriver à son maître une sale histoire pour avoir déchiré, en même temps que les bandes molletières, un peu de la viande d’un gentilhomme cornemuseux […]
Eh bien, lui dis-je, c’est quelque cornemuseux qui revient d’une noce du côté de la Berthenoux ? — (George Sand, Les Maîtres sonneurs, George Bell and sons, 1908, page 42)
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.