cornet à pistons
\kɔʁ.nɛ a pis.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“cornet à pistons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à vent, de la famille des cuivres, muni de pistons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cornet-a-pistons · cornet à pistons · French
cornet à pistons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | cornet à pistons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.nɛ a pis.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cornet à pistons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.nɛ a pis.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument à vent, de la famille des cuivres, muni de pistons.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cornet à pistons, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cornet à pistons, spelled C-O-R-N-E-T- -À- -P-I-S-T-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Instrument à vent, de la famille des cuivres, muni de pistons.
This word in other languages
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.