cornichon

\kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃\

/\kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“cornichon” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,726
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit concombre que l’on consomme vert, confit dans le vinaigre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cornichon · cornichon · French

cornichon · rank #39,726 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,726
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coriaces

Nearest frequency peer: coriaces (-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 « cornichon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cornichon » 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).

cornichon vs cornichons
90% similar
cornichon vs corniche
78% similar

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

Key facts for cornichon
PropertyValue
Headwordcornichon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,726
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cornichon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cornichonse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coriaces » (#39,725), « Costello » (#39,727), « convaincantes » (#39,724). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cornichon » est au #39,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cornichon (IPA \kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,726 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cornichon, with forms such as "ccornichon", "conrichon", and "corinchon". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cornichons", "corniche", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cornichon, spelled C-O-R-N-I-C-H-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit concombre que l’on consomme vert, confit dans le vinaigre.
  2. 2
    Concombre de taille normale que l'on mange tel quel, cru.  ^([1])
  3. 3
    Gros cornichon macéré dans la saumure, malossol.
  4. 4
    Personne peu intelligente.
  5. 5
    Plant de cornichon.
  6. 6
    Plaque émaillée au-dessus du porte-plan du métro parisien (placé à l’arrière des escaliers des bouches) indiquant le nom de la station et le numéro de ligne, traditionnellement de couleur jaune vif.
  7. 7
    Téléphone, dans l’argot du milieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une salade de cornichons.
  2. Une salade de tomates et de cornichons.

This word in other languages

cornichon(English)Gewürzgurke(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccornichon
  • conrichon
  • corinchon
  • corncihon
  • cornicchon
  • cornichhon
  • cornichno
  • cornichonn
  • cornicohn
  • cornihcon
  • cornnichon
  • corrnichon
  • cronichon
  • ocrnichon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cornichon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccornichon1conrichon2corinchon2corncihon2cornicchon1cornichhon1cornichno2cornichonn1
Edit distance from "cornichon"

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 "cornichon"?
"cornichon" is spelled C-O-R-N-I-C-H-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃\.
What does "cornichon" mean?
As a noun, "cornichon" means: Petit concombre que l’on consomme vert, confit dans le vinaigre.
What words are commonly confused with "cornichon"?
"cornichon" is commonly confused with "cornichons", "corniche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cornichon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cornichon" is \kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cornichon" come from?
"cornichon" 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 "cornichon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coworking#39,729conscrits#39,719deportivo#39,744Chinatown#39,707

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

détruisit14 variantsescarpins14 variantsfeuilletons14 variantsassermenté14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list