Which to use
“Cortes” is a name and “courted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,666
- “Cortes” frequency rank
- #33,593
- “courted” frequency rank
- 69259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Cortes | courted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Spanish, variant of Cortez | Romantically pursued; wooed. |
Letter map: Cortes vs courted
Shared letters muted; letters that set Cortes and courted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Cortes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against courted's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Cortes / courted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Cortes is aname and courtedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Cortes is recorded at frequency rank #35,666, classified as aname. courted is at rank #33,593, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 69259, this pair ranks #55,352 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Cortes vs courted
Shared letters: ceort. Private to "Cortes": s. Private to "courted": du.
"Cortes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "courted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Cortes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,352 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Cortes" and "courted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cortes vs Coutts". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #55,352 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.