cortina
"cortina" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cortina” is uncommon English (frequency #56,029 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,029
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cortina · cortina · English
cortina · rank #56,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,029
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Corsican
Nearest frequency peer: Corsican (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “cortina”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- contusion
contusion
43,976 corpus weight
- Corsican
Corsican
43,973 corpus weight
- cortina
cortina
43,972 corpus weight
- cradling
cradling
43,969 corpus weight
- cranny
cranny
43,968 corpus weight
- cretin
cretin
43,967 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cortina” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cortina” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cortina is uncommon English at frequency #56,029 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cortina, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”). Doublet of curtain. The correct English form is cortina, spelled C-O-R-T-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cortina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
/Telamonia morphologically circumscribes a homogenous group of Cortinarii. Hygrophanous pilei, the lack of viscid or gelatinous veils and well-developed cortinas characterize most species.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”). Doublet of curtain.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).