corset

\kɔʁ.sɛ\

/\kɔʁ.sɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“corset” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,114
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement militaire en cuir ou en acier destiné à protéger le thorax.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corset · corset · French

corset · rank #30,114 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,114
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corsaires

Nearest frequency peer: corsaires (-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 « corset »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « corset » 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).

corset vs cost
67% similar
corset vs corte
67% similar
corset vs cosse
67% similar

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

Key facts for corset
PropertyValue
Headwordcorset
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.sɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,114
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corset »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.corsetse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « corsaires » (#30,113), « cosaques » (#30,115), « contrôlait » (#30,112). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corset » est au #30,114. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around corset (IPA \kɔʁ.sɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,114 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for corset, with forms such as "ccorset", "corest", and "corrset". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cost", "corte", "cosse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is corset, spelled C-O-R-S-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vêtement militaire en cuir ou en acier destiné à protéger le thorax.
  2. 2
    Sous-vêtement baleiné et lacé, destiné à soutenir la poitrine, à serrer la taille et le ventre, à maintenir les bas et qui se mettait d’ordinaire sous le corsage ou la chemise.
  3. 3
    Corsage.
  4. 4
    Soutien, armature, maintien, renforcement, etc.
  5. 5
    Protection de quelque chose de fragile et précieux.
  6. 6
    Ensemble de règles limitatives.
  7. 7
    Bandage qui entoure le tronc et le soutien fermement.
  8. 8
    Armature de métal, de bois ou de paille qui protège les jeunes arbres.
  9. 9
    Assignat de cinq livres émis sous la Révolution française, appelé ainsi car signé par Corset, (aussi orthographié Corcet par Châteaubriand dans ses Mémoires d'outre-tombe, Livre XIX, chapitre 6).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces nobles si hautains étaient-ils plus braves sous leurs corsets et leurs casques de fer, à l’épreuve de la flèche et de la lance, que ces paysans armés d’un bâton ou d’un fauchar, exposés demi-nus à la charge de ces centaures de bronze ?
  2. Sa taille, souple sans être frêle, n’effrayait pas la Maternité comme celle de ces jeunes filles qui demandent des succès à la morbide pression d’un corset.

This word in other languages

corset(English)corsé(Español)Korsett(Deutsch)espartilho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorset
  • corest
  • corrset
  • corsett
  • corsset
  • corste
  • cosret
  • croset
  • ocrset

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccorset1corest2corrset1corsett1corsset1corste2cosret2croset2
Edit distance from "corset"

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 "corset"?
"corset" is spelled C-O-R-S-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.sɛ\.
What does "corset" mean?
As a noun, "corset" means: Vêtement militaire en cuir ou en acier destiné à protéger le thorax.
What words are commonly confused with "corset"?
"corset" is commonly confused with "cost", "corte", "cosse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corset"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corset" is \kɔʁ.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corset" come from?
"corset" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cobaye#30,099carmes#30,089carcan#30,088bottom#30,077

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Debussy9 variantsennuient9 variantsboréal9 variantsbondit9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list