corrie
/ˈkɒɹi/
"corrie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corrie” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #37,398 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,398
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
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) |
Where “corrie” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for corrie is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,398 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “corrie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “curie” - see the side-by-side comparison. corrie vs curie
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.