corrie
/ˈkɒɹi/
"corrie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corrie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,398
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corrie · corrie · English
corrie · rank #37,398 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,398
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Coronado
Nearest frequency peer: Coronado (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “corrie”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- conspirator
conspirator
62,606 corpus weight
- conveyance
conveyance
62,605 corpus weight
- Coronado
Coronado
62,604 corpus weight
- corrie
corrie
62,603 corpus weight
- Corsica
Corsica
62,602 corpus weight
- Cosgrove
Cosgrove
62,601 corpus weight
What this shows “corrie” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corrie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “corrie”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around corrie (IPA /ˈkɒɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,398 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for corrie, with forms such as "ccorrie", "corie", and "corire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "curie", "course", "currie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic coire. The correct English form is corrie, spelled C-O-R-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!
We spanned the dogs high up a corrie to the south of the ridge […]
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic coire.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorrie
- corie
- corire
- correi
- crorie
- ocrrie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corrie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).