cornette

\kɔʁ.nɛt\

/\kɔʁ.nɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“cornette” is uncommon French (frequency #56,519 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,519
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coiffure de certaines religieuses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cornette · cornette · French

cornette · rank #56,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,519
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convertissant

Nearest frequency peer: convertissant (-2 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 « cornette »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cornette
PropertyValue
Headwordcornette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.nɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,519
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cornette » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cornettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « convertissant » (#56,517), « convainquent » (#56,516), « coûta » (#56,522). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cornette » est au #56,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cornette is uncommon French at frequency #56,519 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for cornette in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cornette, spelled C-O-R-N-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coiffure de certaines religieuses.
  2. 2
    Coiffe folklorique de femme.
  3. 3
    Coiffure dont les femmes se servaient dans leur déshabillé.
  4. 4
    Outil servant à découper le cuir.
  5. 5
    Sorte de long pavillon à deux pointes ou cornes, qui est la marque distinctive de l’officier qui commande une division de trois bâtiments au moins.
  6. 6
    Étendard d’une compagnie de cavalerie ou de chevau-légers.
  7. 7
    Coquillette. (Ce terme est généralement utilisé au pluriel.)
  8. 8
    Protection métallique mise dans les angles en bas des murs pour éviter que les véhicules ne les dégradent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme l’auvent de sa cornette maintenait la fumée devant son visage, elle amenuisa ses yeux ; avec son nez de lion et sa bouche très gourmande, elle apparut alors à travers le brouillard bleu comme la personnification d’une très vieille sagesse.
  2. Moins l’habit et la cornette, c’est une sœur de la charité qui pose des ventouses, des cataplasmes, applique des sinapismes, masse les rhumatisants, ensevelit les morts.

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 "cornette"?
"cornette" is spelled C-O-R-N-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.nɛt\.
What does "cornette" mean?
As a noun, "cornette" means: Coiffure de certaines religieuses.
How do you pronounce "cornette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cornette" is \kɔʁ.nɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cornette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list