cordel
Spanish, noun/koɾˈdel/
cordel is spelled C-O-R-D-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cordel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “string (thin thread)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuerda de escaso grosor”.
What does cordel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestring (thin thread)
- 2
masculinetwine (thin cord or rope)
- 3
masculinechain (surverying or measuring rope, typically of 50 or 100 varas)
- 4
masculinecordel, Spanish chain (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.9 m in 19th-century Spain)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cuerda de escaso grosor. 2. Medida de longitud equivalente a cinco pasos. 3. Medida agraria de superficie utilizar|utilizada en Cuba. 4. Medida agraria de longitud utilizada en Cuba.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cordel
- cordeles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cordel?
- /koɾˈdel/
- [koɾˈð̞el]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cordel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cordel in Spanish?
cordel appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).