unicorne
\y.ni.kɔʁn\
The verdict
“unicorne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a qu’une corne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unicorne · unicorne · French
unicorne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unicorne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \y.ni.kɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unicorne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unicorne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \y.ni.kɔʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’a qu’une corne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for unicorne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is unicorne, spelled U-N-I-C-O-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’a qu’une corne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unicorne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seigneur que t’ai-je fait ? Vois Je suis unicorne Pourtant malgré son bel effroi concupiscent Comme un poupon chéri mon sexe est innocent D’être anxieux seul et debout comme une borne.
Seul, disaient les spectateurs, seul un esprit malade pouvait accorder la moindre chance à la bête rabougrie, galeuse, dépenaillée, unicorne, que son maître obligeait d’affronter le prince des combattants.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.