Corpus Christi
/ˈkɔːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/
Detailed reference entry for the English word "corpus-christi", 14-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "corpus-christi" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "corpus-christi" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
The verdict
“Corpus Christi” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
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|---|---|
| Headword | Corpus Christi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Corpus Christi is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Corpus Christi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin, meaning “body of Christ”. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Corpus Christi, spelled C-O-R-P-U-S- -C-H-R-I-S-T-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
- 2A coastal city, the county seat of Nueces County, Texas.
- 3Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
- 4Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Etymology
From Latin, meaning “body of Christ”.
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-P-U-S- -C-H-R-I-S-T-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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