unicorn
\ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn\
The verdict
“unicorn” is uncommon French (frequency #82,555 among 44,794 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,555
- frequency rank, French
- 44,794
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Licorne ; 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 ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unicorn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unicorn” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unicorn is uncommon French at frequency #82,555 among 44,794 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unicorn, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is unicorn, spelled U-N-I-C-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Licorne ; 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.
- 2Licorne, startup évaluée à plus d’un milliard de dollars et qui est financée par un fonds de capital-risque.
- 3Représentation d’un tel animal qu’on trouve surtout dans les ornements extérieurs de l’écu, comme dans les armes de Grande-Bretagne et d’Écosse.
- 4Dans différentes traductions de la Bible, utilisées pour rendre le latin unicornis ou rhinoceros (traduisant l’hébreu רְאֵם) ; bœuf sauvage ou re’em.
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 “unicorn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is U-N-I-C-O-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.