Cornillon
\kɔʁ.ni.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“Cornillon” is uncommon French (frequency #84,664 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,664
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Gard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cornillon · Cornillon · French
Cornillon · rank #84,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,664
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corporellement
Nearest frequency peer: corporellement (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Cornillon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- constans
constans
15,342 corpus weight
- contrefaire
contrefaire
15,341 corpus weight
- controls
controls
15,339 corpus weight
- Cornillon
Cornillon
15,337 corpus weight
- corporellem…
corporellement
15,336 corpus weight
- cota
cota
15,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cornillon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cornillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.ni.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cornillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cornillon is uncommon French at frequency #84,664 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔʁ.ni.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Cornillon has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Cornillon, spelled C-O-R-N-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Gard.
- 2Ancien nom de la commune française Cornillon-en-Trièves.
- 3Commune d’Haïti dans le département de l’Ouest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cornillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Justice pour Laetitia », inscrit sur une grande banderole portée par ses proches. Près d’un mois après le meurtre de cette femme autiste de 37 ans - dont le corps avait été découvert début octobre dans le coffre d’une voiture à Cornillon (Gard) -, une marche blanche a été organisée ce samedi 1ᵉʳ novembre à Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Gard).
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.
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