cortege
/kɔɹˈtɛʒ/
"cortege" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cortege” is uncommon English (frequency #77,560 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,560
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cortege · cortege · English
cortege · rank #77,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,560
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH corpo
Nearest frequency peer: corpo (-2 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 “cortege”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- copyist
copyist
22,446 corpus weight
- corpo
corpo
22,443 corpus weight
- cortege
cortege
22,441 corpus weight
- cosh
cosh
22,439 corpus weight
- covariant
covariant
22,437 corpus weight
- Coverdale
Coverdale
22,436 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cortege” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortege |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔɹˈtɛʒ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cortege” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cortege is uncommon English at frequency #77,560 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɔɹˈtɛʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.".
cortege has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French cortège. The correct English form is cortege, spelled C-O-R-T-E-G-E.
Definition
- 1A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cortege appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Upon the morrow after their marriage, the bride and bridegroom perambulate the streets, followed by a numerous cortege, the guests at the wedding festival, two and two
Etymology
Borrowed from French cortège.
This word in other languages
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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