cortina

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The verdict

“cortina” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,035
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Vorhang

Corpus desk

Index DE-cortina · cortina · German

cortina · rank #38,035 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,035
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cornflakes

Nearest frequency peer: Cornflakes (-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 „cortina“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „cortina“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cortina vs of
14% similar
cortina vs ii
14% similar
cortina vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cortina
PropertyValue
Headwordcortina
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,035
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „cortina“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cortinaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Cornflakes“ (#38,034), „criminal“ (#38,036), „coolste“ (#38,033). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cortina“ bei #38,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cortina (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,035 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cortina, with forms such as "ccortina", "coritna", and "corrtina". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is cortina, spelled C-O-R-T-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Vorhang
  2. 2
    übertragen bei Rauch, Nebel etc.: die Wand, der Schleier, der Schwaden

Synonyms

tenda

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccortina
  • coritna
  • corrtina
  • cortian
  • cortinna
  • cortnia
  • corttina
  • cotrina
  • crotina
  • ocrtina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cortina - 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.

ccortina1coritna2corrtina1cortian2cortinna1cortnia2corttina1cotrina2
Edit distance from "cortina"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cortina"?
"cortina" is spelled C-O-R-T-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cortina" mean?
As a noun, "cortina" means: der Vorhang
What words are commonly confused with "cortina"?
"cortina" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cortina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cortina" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cortina" come from?
"cortina" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coolste#38,033changes#38,024breitem#38,014bondage#38,013

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

betrage10 variantsbehütet10 variantsBauherrn10 variantsBaracke10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list