Korso

[ˈkɔʁzo]

/[ˈkɔʁzo]/ noun

The verdict

“Korso” is uncommon German (frequency #81,774 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,774
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schaufahrt von (oft geschmückten) Wagen zu festlichen / feierlichen Anlässen oder zu Demonstrationen

Corpus desk

Index DE-korso · Korso · German

Korso · rank #81,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,774
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Korkenzieher

Nearest frequency peer: Korkenzieher (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Korso“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Korso“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Korso
PropertyValue
HeadwordKorso
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɔʁzo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Korso“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Korsofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Korkenzieher“ (#81,773), „korinthischen“ (#81,772), „Kontraindikationen“ (#81,770). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Korso“ bei #81,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Korso is uncommon German at frequency #81,774 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔʁzo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schaufahrt von (oft geschmückten) Wagen zu festlichen / feierlichen Anlässen oder zu Demonstrationen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Korso, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Korso, spelled K-O-R-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schaufahrt von (oft geschmückten) Wagen zu festlichen / feierlichen Anlässen oder zu Demonstrationen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Korso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In der Innenstadt wurde der Sieg der Mannschaft mit langen Korsos gefeiert.
  2. „Die zweite Avenue war abends ein Korso der Homosexuellen.“

This word in other languages

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 "Korso"?
"Korso" is spelled K-O-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔʁzo].
What does "Korso" mean?
As a noun, "Korso" means: Schaufahrt von (oft geschmückten) Wagen zu festlichen / feierlichen Anlässen oder zu Demonstrationen
How do you pronounce "Korso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Korso" is [ˈkɔʁzo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Korso" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list