cuneo

\kuˈne.o\

/\kuˈne.o\/ verb

The verdict

“cuneo” is uncommon French (frequency #80,100 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,100
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de cunear.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuneo · cuneo · French

cuneo · rank #80,100 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,100
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cumming

Nearest frequency peer: cumming (-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 « cuneo »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cuneo
PropertyValue
Headwordcuneo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kuˈne.o\
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,100
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cuneo » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cuneotombe 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: « cumming » (#80,099), « cunt » (#80,101), « culées » (#80,098). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuneo » est au #80,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cuneo is uncommon French at frequency #80,100 among 8,609 “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

  1. 1
    Première 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuneo"?
"cuneo" is spelled C-U-N-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kuˈne.o\.
What does "cuneo" mean?
As a verb, "cuneo" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de cunear.
How do you pronounce "cuneo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuneo" is \kuˈne.o\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuneo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list