cordillera
/ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/
"cordillera" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cordillera” is uncommon English (frequency #54,093 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,093
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cordillera · cordillera · English
cordillera · rank #54,093 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,093
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contrite
Nearest frequency peer: contrite (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “cordillera”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- conceptuali…
conceptualization
45,913 corpus weight
- confection
confection
45,912 corpus weight
- conformatio…
conformational
45,911 corpus weight
- contrite
contrite
45,910 corpus weight
- cordillera
cordillera
45,908 corpus weight
- Crabbe
Crabbe
45,906 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cordillera” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cordillera |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cordillera” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cordillera is uncommon English at frequency #54,093 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cordillera, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord. The correct English form is cordillera, spelled C-O-R-D-I-L-L-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cordillera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meronym: sierra
Etymology
From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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