# corpus

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɔːpəs/ · frequency rank #12,214

## Definitions
1. A collection of written or spoken texts.
2. A collection of written or spoken texts.
3. A structure of a special character or function in the animal body.
4. A collection or body of objects with similar characteristics.
5. The body of a man or animal.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps, and riff.

## Easily confused with
- **Cyrus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corpus-vs-cyrus)
- **coups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corpus-vs-coups)
- **Cortes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corpus-vs-cortes)
- **cops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cops-vs-corpus)
- **corps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-corpus)
- **cores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cores-vs-corpus)
- **cords** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cords-vs-corpus)
- **Corfu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corfu-vs-corpus)
- **campus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/campus-vs-corpus)
- **circus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/circus-vs-corpus)
- **chorus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chorus-vs-corpus)
- **corpse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corpse-vs-corpus)
- **cirrus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cirrus-vs-corpus)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccorpus`, `coprus`, `corppus`, `corpsu`, `corpuss`, `corrpus`, `corups`, `cropus`, `ocrpus`

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