Cunégonde
\ky.ne.ɡɔ̃d\
The verdict
“Cunégonde” is uncommon French (frequency #87,509 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,509
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cunégonde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ky.ne.ɡɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cunégonde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cunégonde is uncommon French at frequency #87,509 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ky.ne.ɡɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Cunégonde in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Cunégonde, spelled C-U-N-É-G-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
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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Using “Cunégonde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-N-É-G-O-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.