coroner

\kɔ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ\

/\kɔ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“coroner” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,885. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,885
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Officier de la Couronne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coroner · coroner · French

coroner · rank #35,885 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,885
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conçoivent

Nearest frequency peer: conçoivent (-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 « coroner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coroner » 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).

coroner vs côtoyer
57% similar
coroner vs couronner
78% similar
coroner vs corne
71% similar

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

Key facts for coroner
PropertyValue
Headwordcoroner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,885
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coroner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coronerse 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 « conçoivent » (#35,884), « Cortez » (#35,886), « crame » (#35,887). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coroner » est au #35,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around coroner (IPA \kɔ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,885 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for coroner, with forms such as "ccoroner", "coorner", and "cornoer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "côtoyer", "couronner", "corne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coroner, spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officier de la Couronne.
  2. 2
    Médecin légiste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une prompte enquête, instruite par le coroner Mac-Ma-Hong, révéla que le conspirateur n’était pas le meurtrier ; la machine à désélectrocuter n’étant pas encore inventée, on inhuma le malheureux innocent.
  2. Car nous ne manquerons pas, le prince Séliman et moi, c’est-à-dire deux témoins honorables, de faire notre déposition au coroner qui viendra tout à l’heure…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoroner
  • coorner
  • cornoer
  • coroenr
  • coronerr
  • coronner
  • coronre
  • corroner
  • crooner
  • ocroner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoroner1coorner2cornoer2coroenr2coronerr1coronner1coronre2corroner1
Edit distance from "coroner"

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 "coroner"?
"coroner" is spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ\.
What does "coroner" mean?
As a noun, "coroner" means: Officier de la Couronne.
What words are commonly confused with "coroner"?
"coroner" is commonly confused with "côtoyer", "couronner", "corne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coroner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coroner" is \kɔ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coroner" come from?
"coroner" 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 "coroner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list