Corus
The verdict
“Corus” is uncommon French (frequency #97,818 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,818
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Caurus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corus · Corus · French
Corus · rank #97,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,818
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corrigeait
Nearest frequency peer: corrigeait (-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 « Corus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coprésidente
coprésidente
2,186 corpus weight
- coprésidents
coprésidents
2,185 corpus weight
- corrigeait
corrigeait
2,184 corpus weight
- Corus
Corus
2,183 corpus weight
- Courtemanche
Courtemanche
2,181 corpus weight
- couteliers
couteliers
2,180 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Corus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Corus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Corus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Corus is uncommon French at frequency #97,818 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Caurus.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Corus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Corus, spelled C-O-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Variante de Caurus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Corus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Interdum adverso glomeratas turbine Corus / in media ora nives fuscis agit horridus alis
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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