# corgi

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɔːɡi/ · frequency rank #35,664

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of Welsh corgi (“a type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears; two separate breeds are recognized: the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi”).

## Etymology
PIE word
 *ḱwṓ
Borrowed from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + gi (the soft mutation of ci (“dog”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”), perhaps from *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)). The rare plural form corgwn is borrowed from Welsh corgwn.

## Easily confused with
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-cri)
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-corn)
- **cork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-cork)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-cory)
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-corr)
- **corps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-corps)
- **cough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-cough)
- **corny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-corny)
- **Corso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-corso)
- **corky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-corky)
- **corrie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corgi-vs-corrie)
- **CGI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cgi-vs-corgi)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cor-vs-corgi)
- **cog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cog-vs-corgi)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/core-vs-corgi)
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-corgi)
- **Cora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-corgi)
- **coli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coli-vs-corgi)
- **Cong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cong-vs-corgi)
- **cargo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-corgi)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccorgi`, `cogri`, `corggi`, `corig`, `corrgi`, `crogi`, `ocrgi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/corgi