cuneo
\kuˈne.o\
The verdict
“cuneo” is uncommon French (frequency #80,100 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,100
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de cunear.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuneo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kuˈne.o\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuneo” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuneo is uncommon French at frequency #80,100 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kuˈne.o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de cunear.".
cuneo has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cuneo, spelled C-U-N-E-O.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de cunear.
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 “cuneo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-N-E-O - 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.