Cortex
[ˈkɔʁtɛks]
The verdict
“Cortex” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,047
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Außenschicht eines Organs
Corpus desk
Index DE-cortex · Cortex · German
Cortex · rank #48,047 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,047
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH coolness
Nearest frequency peer: coolness (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Cortex“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- cleveren
cleveren
51,957 corpus weight
- coolness
coolness
51,955 corpus weight
- Cortex
Cortex
51,954 corpus weight
- Croissant
Croissant
51,951 corpus weight
- curve
curve
51,950 corpus weight
- CVJM
CVJM
51,949 corpus weight
What this shows „Cortex“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Cortex |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔʁtɛks] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Cortex“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Cortex (IPA [ˈkɔʁtɛks]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,047 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cortex, with forms such as "ccortex", "coretx", and "corrtex". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "core", "codex", "carte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Cortex, spelled C-O-R-T-E-X.
Definition
- 1Außenschicht eines Organs
- 2Außenschicht des Groß- und Kleinhirns
- 3Mantel eines Haares
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cortex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er wusste, dass dies in der Hauptsache daran lag, dass der präfrontale Cortex, ein Hirnareal, das unter anderem für Logik zuständig war, im Schlaf weitestgehend abgeschaltet war.“
„Das MRT bestätigte, was die Teilnehmer berichteten, und attestierte größere neuronale Aktivitäten im medialen präfrontalen Cortex, wo unsere Gehirne alternierende und gefühlsbesetzte Informationen verarbeiten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccortex
- coretx
- corrtex
- cortexx
- corttex
- cortxe
- cotrex
- crotex
- ocrtex
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cortex - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cortex", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).