corpus
cor·pus/ˈkɔɹpəs/noun
corpus is spelled C-O-R-P-U-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables (cor·pus). It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corpus means “A collection of written or spoken texts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corpus is corpora or corpuses; Wiktionary also lists corpi (hypercorrect).
How many letters and syllables are in corpus?
| Letters | 6: C-O-R-P-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cor·pus |
| In writing | 4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is corpus?
Corpus appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce corpus?
- UK /ˈkɔːpəs/
- US /ˈkɔɹpəs/
Corpus has 2 syllables, split cor·pus in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-corpus.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with corpus?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as corpus from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹpəs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of corpus
- corpora plural
- corpuses plural
- corpusses plural
- corpi hypercorrect, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corpus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A collection of written or spoken texts.
- 2
Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
- 3
A structure of a special character or function in the animal body.
the corpus of the uterus
- 4
A collection or body of objects with similar characteristics.
- 5
archaicThe body of a man or animal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate corpus?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of corpus: corp., cpus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corpus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense linguistics: collection of writings:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does corpus come from?
Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps, and riff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).