licorne
\li.kɔʁn\
The verdict
“licorne” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,966 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,966
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quadrupède fabuleux, ressemblant à une biche portant une corne au milieu du front, à queue de lion et barbiche de chèvre, dont il est souvent question dans les bestiaires et les légendes du Moyen Âge.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | licorne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.kɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “licorne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for licorne is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.kɔʁn\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,966 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for licorne, with forms such as "ilcorne", "lciorne", and "liccorne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Lorne", "lionne", "lucarne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is licorne, spelled L-I-C-O-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Quadrupède fabuleux, ressemblant à une biche portant une corne au milieu du front, à queue de lion et barbiche de chèvre, dont il est souvent question dans les bestiaires et les légendes du Moyen Âge.
- 2Start-up évaluée à plus d’un milliard de dollars et qui est financée par un fonds de capital-risque.
- 3Meuble représentant l’animal fabuleux du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est parfois représentée à tort sous la forme d'un cheval à une corne, donc avec une queue incorrecte et des sabots au lieu des ongles fendus des chèvres.
- 4Femme, généralement bisexuelle, en relation avec un couple hétérosexuel.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilcorne,lciorne,liccorne,liconre,licoren,licornne,licorrne,licrone,liocrne,llicorne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of licorne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “licorne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-C-O-R-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.kɔʁn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Lorne” - see the side-by-side comparison. licorne vs Lorne
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.