corregidor

/kəˈrɛɡəˌdɔr/

//kəˈrɛɡəˌdɔr// noun

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"corregidor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“corregidor” is uncommon English (frequency #88,229 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,229
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The chief magistrate of a Spanish town or one in the Spanish Empire.

Corpus desk

Index EN-corregidor · corregidor · English

corregidor · rank #88,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,229
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH conditionality

Nearest frequency peer: conditionality (-3 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.

Long-tail ranks near “corregidor”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “corregidor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corregidor
PropertyValue
Headwordcorregidor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kəˈrɛɡəˌdɔr/
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,229
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “corregidor” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).corregidorfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “conditionality” (#88,226), “countercultural” (#88,232), “concessionaire” (#88,225). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “corregidor” is #88,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corregidor is uncommon English at frequency #88,229 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈrɛɡəˌdɔr/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The chief magistrate of a Spanish town or one in the Spanish Empire.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corregidor, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish corregidor (literally “corrector”). The correct English form is corregidor, spelled C-O-R-R-E-G-I-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    The chief magistrate of a Spanish town or one in the Spanish Empire.

Etymology

From Spanish corregidor (literally “corrector”).

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 "corregidor"?
"corregidor" is spelled C-O-R-R-E-G-I-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kəˈrɛɡəˌdɔr/.
What does "corregidor" mean?
As a noun, "corregidor" means: The chief magistrate of a Spanish town or one in the Spanish Empire.
How do you pronounce "corregidor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corregidor" is /kəˈrɛɡəˌdɔr/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "corregidor"?
From Spanish corregidor (literally “corrector”). 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 "corregidor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list