Cournon

\kuʁ.nɔ̃\

/\kuʁ.nɔ̃\/ name

The verdict

“Cournon” is uncommon French (frequency #80,086 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,086
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Morbihan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cournon · Cournon · French

Cournon · rank #80,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,086
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Courcouronnes

Nearest frequency peer: Courcouronnes (-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 « Cournon »

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 « Cournon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cournon
PropertyValue
HeadwordCournon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kuʁ.nɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,086
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cournon » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Cournontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Courcouronnes » (#80,085), « couic » (#80,084), « couvres » (#80,088). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cournon » est au #80,086. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cournon is uncommon French at frequency #80,086 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kuʁ.nɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cournon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Cournon, spelled C-O-U-R-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Morbihan.
  2. 2
    Synonyme de Cournon-d’Auvergne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La paroisse de Cournon se cache au fond d’une riante vallée qu’arrose le lent et tortueux courant de la rivière d’Oust.
  2. Les deux occupants d’une des voitures se sont retrouvés face à un homme âgé de 67 ans, près d’un distributeur de billets, sur le parking d’une banque, à Cournon.

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 "Cournon"?
"Cournon" is spelled C-O-U-R-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁ.nɔ̃\.
What does "Cournon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cournon" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Morbihan.
How do you pronounce "Cournon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cournon" is \kuʁ.nɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cournon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list