corcho
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#23,733
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
corcho is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tejido vegetal constituido por células cuya celulosa se ha transformado en suberina. Se encuentra en la periferia del tronco, de las ramas y de las raíces, generalmente en capas delgadas, pero en l... Pronounced [ˈkoɾt͡ʃo]. Often confused with Coro and corto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corcho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoɾt͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for corcho is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoɾt͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,733 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for corcho, with forms such as "ccorcho", "cocrho", and "corccho". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Coro", "corto", "Corro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is corcho, spelled C-O-R-C-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Tejido vegetal constituido por células cuya celulosa se ha transformado en suberina. Se encuentra en la periferia del tronco, de las ramas y de las raíces, generalmente en capas delgadas, pero en las corteza del alcornoque alcanza un desarrollo extraordinario, de varios centímetros de espesor.
- 2Tapón cilíndrico, tradicionalmente de corcho, que se usa para cerrar las botellas de vino y de champán.
- 3Caja de corcho, que en algunas partes sirve para conducir ciertos géneros comestibles, como castañas, chorizos, etc.
- 4Tabla de corcho, cuadrada o cuadrilonga, que se pone delante de las camas o mesas para abrigo, o de las chimeneas para impedir que prendan las chispas.
- 5Pieza flotante, generalmente de corcho, que permite sujetar las artes de pesca y mantenerlas a una profundidad específica.
- 6Corchera (cubeta de corcho).
- 7Alcorque (chancla con la suela de corcho).
- 8Colmena (de abejas).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccorcho,cocrho,corccho,corchho,corcoh,corhco,corrcho,crocho,ocrcho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for corcho
Misspelling Variants of "corcho"
Frequency rank: #23,733 in Spanish
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