cornet

/\kɔʁ.nɛ\/ noun

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Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,847

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cornet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cornet à bouquin. Pronounced \kɔʁ.nɛ\. Often confused with corse and corte.

Key facts for cornet
PropertyValue
Headwordcornet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.nɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,847
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cornet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cornet is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔʁ.nɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,847 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 21 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cornet, with forms such as "ccornet", "conret", and "corent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "corse", "corte", "cornu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cornet, spelled C-O-R-N-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cornet à bouquin.
  2. 2
    Petit cor ou trompette. Également, ancien nom du clairon militaire.
  3. 3
    Petit cor ou trompette. Également, ancien nom du clairon militaire.
  4. 4
    Jeu d’orgue à bouche : grand cornet ; cornet de récit ; cornet d'écho.
  5. 5
    Cornet acoustique.
  6. 6
    Cornettiste.
  7. 7
    Morceau de papier roulé en forme de cornet, de manière à pouvoir contenir quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Objet dont la forme évoque un cornet.
  9. 9
    Sac en plastique ou en papier.
  10. 10
    Petit vase de corne, d’ivoire, de cuir, ou de plastique, dans lequel on agite les dés, à certains jeux, avant de les jeter sur le tapis.
  11. 11
    Petit vase dont on se sert pour mettre des fleurs.
  12. 12
    (Spécialement) Récipient pour les oboles accordées aux modèles des Beaux-Arts.
  13. 13
    Partie de l'écritoire où l'on met l'encre.
  14. 14
    Petit cône de pâtisserie.
  15. 15
    Lames osseuses très minces, roulées en forme de cornet, et qui sont situées dans les fosses nasales.
  16. 16
    Broche qui sert à épisser un cordage.
  17. 17
    Estomac : « N'avoir rien à se mettre dans le cornet ». Également, employé pour Tuyau : « nettoyer un cornet de poêle »
  18. 18
    Nom de l’arum.
  19. 19
    Nom du calmar.
  20. 20
    Meuble représentant l’instrument de musique du même nom dans les armoiries. Quand l’embouchure est d'un autre émail, il est dit enguiché ou embouché. Lorsqu’il est muni d'un sangle éventuellement d'un autre émail, il est dit lié. Sa représentation est souvent similaire à celle du cor, ce qui peut être source de confusion entre les deux instruments. À rapprocher de cor, cor de chasse, grêlier, huchet, olifant et trompe.
  21. 21
    Forme donnée à la main placée contre l’oreille, les doigts légèrement repliés, afin de mieux entendre ou de mieux saisir.

Synonyms

cor de chassehuchet

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccornet,conret,corent,cornett,cornnet,cornte,corrnet,cronet,ocrnet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cornet

Misspelling Variants of "cornet"

ccornet7conret6corent6cornett7cornnet7cornte6corrnet7cronet6
Misspelling Variants of "cornet"

Frequency rank: #16,847 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cornet"?
"cornet" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.nɛ\.
What does "cornet" mean?
As a noun, "cornet" means: Cornet à bouquin.
What words are commonly confused with "cornet"?
"cornet" is commonly confused with "corse", "corte", "cornu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cornet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cornet" is \kɔʁ.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cornet" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.