Corea

/[koˈɾea]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,649

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Corea is aSpanishname. It means: Península de Asia oriental, ubicada entre el mar Amarillo y el mar del Japón. Pronounced [koˈɾea]. It ranks #2,649 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with CRA and creo.

Key facts for Corea
PropertyValue
HeadwordCorea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[koˈɾea]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,649
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Corea in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Corea is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈɾea]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,649 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Corea, with forms such as "ccorea", "coera", and "corae". 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, "CRA", "creo", "cosa", 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 Corea, spelled C-O-R-E-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Península de Asia oriental, ubicada entre el mar Amarillo y el mar del Japón.
  2. 2
    Antiguo país asiático, ubicado sobre la península homónima, que desde finales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial se encuentra dividido en dos estados: Corea del Norte y Corea del Sur.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorea,coera,corae,croea,ocrea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Corea

Misspelling Variants of "Corea"

ccorea6coera5corae5croea5ocrea5
Misspelling Variants of "Corea"

Frequency rank: #2,649 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Corea"?
"Corea" is spelled C-O-R-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈɾea].
What does "Corea" mean?
As a name, "Corea" means: Península de Asia oriental, ubicada entre el mar Amarillo y el mar del Japón.
What words are commonly confused with "Corea"?
"Corea" is commonly confused with "CRA", "creo", "cosa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Corea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Corea" is [koˈɾea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Corea" come from?
"Corea" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.