corniche

/\kɔʁ.niʃ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,582

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

corniche is aFrenchnoun. It means: Partie supérieure de l'entablement, composée de moulures en saillie. Pronounced \kɔʁ.niʃ\. Often confused with cornichon and caniche.

Key facts for corniche
PropertyValue
Headwordcorniche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.niʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,582
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for corniche is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔʁ.niʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,582 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for corniche, with forms such as "ccorniche", "conriche", and "corinche". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cornichon", "caniche", 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 corniche, spelled C-O-R-N-I-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie supérieure de l'entablement, composée de moulures en saillie.
  2. 2
    Tout ornement saillant qui règne autour d’un plafond, au-dessus des portes, des armoires, etc.
  3. 3
    Route qui surplombe un à-pic.
  4. 4
    Accumulation de neige en surplomb qui se forme sous le vent d’un précipice, d’une arête.
  5. 5
    Abréviation de mât de corniche.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorniche,conriche,corinche,corncihe,cornicche,corniceh,cornichhe,cornihce,cornniche,corrniche,croniche,ocrniche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for corniche

Misspelling Variants of "corniche"

ccorniche9conriche8corinche8corncihe8cornicche9corniceh8cornichhe9cornihce8
Misspelling Variants of "corniche"

Frequency rank: #21,582 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corniche"?
"corniche" is spelled C-O-R-N-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.niʃ\.
What does "corniche" mean?
As a noun, "corniche" means: Partie supérieure de l'entablement, composée de moulures en saillie.
What words are commonly confused with "corniche"?
"corniche" is commonly confused with "cornichon", "caniche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corniche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corniche" is \kɔʁ.niʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corniche" come from?
"corniche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.