# Cortes

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,666

## Definitions
1. A surname from Spanish, variant of Cortez

## Etymology
From Spanish Cortés.

## Easily confused with
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-cote)
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-costs)
- **cries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-cries)
- **courts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-courts)
- **Curtis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-curtis)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-curves)
- **cortex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-cortex)
- **crates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-crates)
- **curses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-curses)
- **Cortez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-cortez)
- **cotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-cotter)
- **Coutts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-coutts)
- **courses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-courses)
- **courted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-courted)
- **courtesy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-courtesy)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/core-vs-cortes)
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comes-vs-cortes)
- **cares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cares-vs-cortes)
- **corps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corps-vs-cortes)
- **Codes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codes-vs-cortes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccortes`, `corets`, `corrtes`, `cortess`, `cortse`, `corttes`, `cotres`, `crotes`, `ocrtes`

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