coronavirus
\kɔ.ʁɔ.na.vi.ʁys\
The verdict
“coronavirus” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,264
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre de virus à ARN de la famille des Coronaviridae et du sous-ordre des Cornidovirineae.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coronavirus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁɔ.na.vi.ʁys\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #25,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coronavirus” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around coronavirus (IPA \kɔ.ʁɔ.na.vi.ʁys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,264 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for coronavirus, with forms such as "ccoronavirus", "coornavirus", and "cornoavirus". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coronavirus, spelled C-O-R-O-N-A-V-I-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Genre de virus à ARN de la famille des Coronaviridae et du sous-ordre des Cornidovirineae.
- 2Coronavirus 2 du syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère (SARS-CoV-2), virus donnant la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccoronavirus
- coornavirus
- cornoavirus
- coroanvirus
- coronaivrus
- coronavirrus
- coronavirsu
- coronaviruss
- coronaviurs
- coronavrius
- coronavvirus
- coronnavirus
- coronvairus
- corronavirus
- croonavirus
- ocronavirus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coronavirus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “coronavirus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-R-O-N-A-V-I-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.ʁɔ.na.vi.ʁys\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.