corral

\kɔ.ʁal\

/\kɔ.ʁal\/ noun

The verdict

“corral” is uncommon French (frequency #55,174 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,174
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enclos où l’on parque les animaux, en particulier les bovins.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corral · corral · French

corral · rank #55,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,174
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Coquerel

Nearest frequency peer: Coquerel (-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 « corral »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « corral » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corral
PropertyValue
Headwordcorral
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʁal\
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « corral » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.corraltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Coquerel » (#55,173), « courtine » (#55,175), « coprésident » (#55,172). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corral » est au #55,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corral is uncommon French at frequency #55,174 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

corral doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is corral, spelled C-O-R-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enclos où l’on parque les animaux, en particulier les bovins.
  2. 2
    Enclos attenant à l’arène, où sont parqués les taureaux avant la corrida.
  3. 3
    Au Sri Lanka, amphithéâtre destiné à emprisonner les éléphants sauvages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Prés de là est le corral, enceinte circulaire, plus ou moins vaste, formée de pieux enfoncés en terre, avec une seule ouverture fermée par une porte pour l’entrée et la sortie des animaux.
  2. Le corral était fermé par un enclos en planches hautes de deux mètres environ.

This word in other languages

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 "corral"?
"corral" is spelled C-O-R-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁal\.
What does "corral" mean?
As a noun, "corral" means: Enclos où l’on parque les animaux, en particulier les bovins.
How do you pronounce "corral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corral" is \kɔ.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corral" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list