cornu

\kɔʁ.ny\

/\kɔʁ.ny\/ adj

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The verdict

“cornu” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,963
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a des cornes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cornu · cornu · French

cornu · rank #34,963 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,963
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cordier

Nearest frequency peer: cordier (-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 « cornu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cornu » 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).

cornu vs cru
60% similar
cornu vs cou
60% similar
cornu vs corp
60% similar

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

Key facts for cornu
PropertyValue
Headwordcornu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔʁ.ny\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,963
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cornu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cornuse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cordier » (#34,962), « copropriétaire » (#34,961), « crasseux » (#34,965). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cornu » est au #34,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cornu (IPA \kɔʁ.ny\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,963 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cornu, with forms such as "ccornu", "conru", and "cornnu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cru", "cou", "corp", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cornu, spelled C-O-R-N-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a des cornes.
  2. 2
    Qui a des coins ou angles saillants.
  3. 3
    Bizarre, étrange, absurde, illogique.
  4. 4
    Mari trompé.
  5. 5
    Dont le style ou les anthères sont en forme de corne.
  6. 6
    Affecté de l’ergot.
  7. 7
    Dont la hanche, très prononcée, forme une forte saillie, défaut dû, soit à une conformation vicieuse, soit simplement à la maigreur.
  8. 8
    Diacritique « ◌̛ » de l’alphabet vietnamien attaché au coin supérieur droite des lettres « o » et « u » pour donner « ơ » et « ư » (arrondissement de voyelles).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les diables cornus.
  2. Un animal cornu blessa de quelque coups Le lion, qui, plein de courroux…

This word in other languages

horned(English)cornudo(Español)cornudo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccornu
  • conru
  • cornnu
  • corrnu
  • corun
  • cronu
  • ocrnu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cornu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccornu1conru2cornnu1corrnu1corun2cronu2ocrnu2
Edit distance from "cornu"

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 "cornu"?
"cornu" is spelled C-O-R-N-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.ny\.
What does "cornu" mean?
As an adjective, "cornu" means: Qui a des cornes.
What words are commonly confused with "cornu"?
"cornu" is commonly confused with "cru", "cou", "corp". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cornu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cornu" is \kɔʁ.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cornu" come from?
"cornu" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

criez#34,966dress#34,990ducal#34,991déplu#35,002

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

dévie7 variantsennuies7 variantsboucs7 variantsblés7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list