cornes

\kɔʁn\

/\kɔʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“cornes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,556
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cornes · cornes · French

cornes · rank #13,556 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,556
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corner

Nearest frequency peer: corner (-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 « cornes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cornes » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cornes vs cors
67% similar
cornes vs corps
67% similar
cornes vs corse
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cornes
PropertyValue
Headwordcornes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,556
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cornes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cornesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « corner » (#13,555), « courriers » (#13,557), « contrôleurs » (#13,554). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cornes » est au #13,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cornes (IPA \kɔʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,556 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de corne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cornes, with forms such as "ccornes", "conres", and "corens". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cors", "corps", "corse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cornes, spelled C-O-R-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de corne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Déjà, vers la fin du XVᵉ siècle, la reine Isabelle la Catholique, sollicitée par les Cortès d’atténuer tout au moins le danger des corridas en ordonnant d’embouler les cornes des taureaux, s’y était refusée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccornes
  • conres
  • corens
  • corness
  • cornnes
  • cornse
  • corrnes
  • crones
  • ocrnes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cornes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccornes1conres2corens2corness1cornnes1cornse2corrnes1crones2
Edit distance from "cornes"

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 "cornes"?
"cornes" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁn\.
What does "cornes" mean?
As a noun, "cornes" means: Pluriel de corne.
What words are commonly confused with "cornes"?
"cornes" is commonly confused with "cors", "corps", "corse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cornes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cornes" is \kɔʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cornes" come from?
"cornes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

corner#13,555commet#13,547cognac#13,543citées#13,541

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

classic9 variantscarreaux9 variantsbrutes9 variantsexamine9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list