corona

/\kɔ.ʁɔ.na\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,754

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

corona is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de cigare de La Havane. Pronounced \kɔ.ʁɔ.na\. Often confused with coton and Corot.

Key facts for corona
PropertyValue
Headwordcorona
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʁɔ.na\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,754
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for corona is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.ʁɔ.na\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,754 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sorte de cigare de La Havane.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for corona, with forms such as "ccorona", "coorna", and "cornoa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coton", "Corot", "correa", and more, 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 corona, spelled C-O-R-O-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de cigare de La Havane.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorona,coorna,cornoa,coroan,coronna,corrona,croona,ocrona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for corona

Misspelling Variants of "corona"

ccorona7coorna6cornoa6coroan6coronna7corrona7croona6ocrona6
Misspelling Variants of "corona"

Frequency rank: #27,754 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corona"?
"corona" is spelled C-O-R-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁɔ.na\.
What does "corona" mean?
As a noun, "corona" means: Sorte de cigare de La Havane.
What words are commonly confused with "corona"?
"corona" is commonly confused with "coton", "Corot", "correa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corona" is \kɔ.ʁɔ.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corona" come from?
"corona" 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.