corcova
[koɾˈkoβ̞a]
The verdict
“corcova” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abultamiento formado por tejido adiposo que sobre el lomo tienen algunos animales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-corcova · corcova · Spanish
corcova · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corcova |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koɾˈkoβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “corcova” en español
Rare enough to double-check
corcova is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [koɾˈkoβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
corcova doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is corcova, spelled C-O-R-C-O-V-A.
Definition
- 1Abultamiento formado por tejido adiposo que sobre el lomo tienen algunos animales.
- 2Abultamiento del pecho y el dorso producto de una malformación de las costillas o de la columna vertebral.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corcova appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
E aquellas indias eran muy pintadas e desfigurados los rostros, que vinieron a ver los cristianos dos veces, e les trujeron dos ovejas mansas de las del Perú, las cuales son a manera de camellos en el parescer, sino que son mucho menores que camellos e sin corcova.
Isabel Perez, vecina de la villa de Paterna, tenía una hija con fealdad de una corcova muy grande en las espaldas.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.