corvus
The verdict
“corvus” is uncommon French (frequency #88,492 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,492
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Corbeau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corvus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corvus” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
corvus is uncommon French at frequency #88,492 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for corvus in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is corvus, spelled C-O-R-V-U-S.
Definition
- 1Corbeau.
- 2Bec de corbeau, instrument de chirurgie.
- 3Grappin, croc, harpon, pince, corbeau démolisseur (une machine de guerre).
- 4Constellation du Corbeau.
- 5Corbeau marin (poisson).
Synonyms
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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Using “corvus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-R-V-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.