cordiales
[koɾˈð̞jales]
The verdict
“cordiales” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,629 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #22,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de cordial.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cordiales |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [koɾˈð̞jales] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cordiales” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cordiales is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koɾˈð̞jales]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,629 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de cordial.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cordiales, with forms such as "ccordiales", "codriales", and "cordailes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Corrales", "cordial", "Corales", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cordiales, spelled C-O-R-D-I-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de cordial.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccordiales,codriales,cordailes,corddiales,cordiaels,cordialess,cordialles,cordialse,cordilaes,coridales,corrdiales,crodiales,ocrdiales
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cordiales - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cordiales”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-R-D-I-A-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koɾˈð̞jales] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Corrales” - see the side-by-side comparison. cordiales vs Corrales
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.