corvin
\kɔʁ.vɛ̃\
The verdict
“corvin” is uncommon French (frequency #92,589 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,589
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ressemble au corbeau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corvin · corvin · French
corvin · rank #92,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,589
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corniaud
Nearest frequency peer: corniaud (-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 « corvin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- corcovado
corcovado
7,415 corpus weight
- cori
cori
7,414 corpus weight
- corniaud
corniaud
7,413 corpus weight
- corvin
corvin
7,412 corpus weight
- Cotten
Cotten
7,411 corpus weight
- couplages
couplages
7,410 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « corvin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corvin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.vɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « corvin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
corvin is uncommon French at frequency #92,589 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔʁ.vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ressemble au corbeau.".
Zero misspellings are on record for corvin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is corvin, spelled C-O-R-V-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui ressemble au corbeau.
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.
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