coronel
The verdict
“coronel” is uncommon French (frequency #95,748 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,748
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Colonel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coronel · coronel · French
coronel · rank #95,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,748
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cores
Nearest frequency peer: cores (-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 « coronel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- convergé
convergé
4,256 corpus weight
- Corbas
Corbas
4,255 corpus weight
- cores
cores
4,254 corpus weight
- coronel
coronel
4,253 corpus weight
- corpuscule
corpuscule
4,252 corpus weight
- corroborées
corroborées
4,251 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « coronel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coronel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coronel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coronel is uncommon French at frequency #95,748 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coronel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coronel, spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Colonel.
- 2Chef d’une grande région rurale au Brésil.
- 3Dents plus larges placées aux extrémités d’un peigne ou ros de métier à tisser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coronel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. de Bassompierre est aujourd’hui coronel des Suisses.
Le « coronel » m’avait alors demandé quand je pensais retourner en France, et, à tout hasard, je lui avais répondu que j’embarquerais à bord du Lutetia.
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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