Cordova

name

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"cordova" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Cordova” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,934
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A municipality and island of the province of Cebu, Philippines, connected by bridge with Mactan.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cordova · Cordova · English

Cordova · rank #36,934 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,934
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cosmological

Nearest frequency peer: cosmological (+1 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Cordova”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Cordova” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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).

Cordova vs corona
57% similar
Cordova vs cordon
57% similar

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

Key facts for Cordova
PropertyValue
HeadwordCordova
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,934
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cordova”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Cordovalands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “cosmological” (#36,935), “convergent” (#36,932), “Cossack” (#36,936). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Cordova” is #36,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Cordova, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,934 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cordova, with forms such as "ccordova", "codrova", and "corddova". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "corona", "cordon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Córdoba. The correct English form is Cordova, spelled C-O-R-D-O-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A municipality and island of the province of Cebu, Philippines, connected by bridge with Mactan.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Córdoba:
  3. 3
    Alternative form of Córdoba:
  4. 4
    A surname from Spanish.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. But on a November morning in 2007, Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes and about 30 others from Magdalena were making a trek of their own, leaving town in search of opportunities they couldn’t find at home.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccordova
  • codrova
  • corddova
  • cordoav
  • cordovva
  • cordvoa
  • corodva
  • corrdova
  • crodova
  • ocrdova

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cordova - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccordova1codrova2corddova1cordoav2cordovva1cordvoa2corodva2corrdova1
Edit distance from "Cordova"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cordova"?
"Cordova" is spelled C-O-R-D-O-V-A.
What does "Cordova" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cordova" means: A municipality and island of the province of Cebu, Philippines, connected by bridge with Mactan.
What words are commonly confused with "Cordova"?
"Cordova" is commonly confused with "corona", "cordon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Cordova"?
Borrowed from Spanish Córdoba. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list