corpus

/[ˈkoɾpus]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,565

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

corpus is aSpanishnoun. It means: Recopilación extensa y catalogada de datos de la misma clase destinada a la explotación en estudios e investigaciones. Pronounced [ˈkoɾpus]. Often confused with cortos and cortas.

Key facts for corpus
PropertyValue
Headwordcorpus
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkoɾpus]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,565
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for corpus is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoɾpus]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,565 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Recopilación extensa y catalogada de datos de la misma clase destinada a la explotación en estudios e investigaciones.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for corpus, with forms such as "ccorpus", "coprus", and "corppus". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cortos", "cortas", "Cortés", 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 corpus, spelled C-O-R-P-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recopilación extensa y catalogada de datos de la misma clase destinada a la explotación en estudios e investigaciones.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorpus,coprus,corppus,corpsu,corpuss,corrpus,corups,cropus,ocrpus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for corpus

Misspelling Variants of "corpus"

ccorpus7coprus6corppus7corpsu6corpuss7corrpus7corups6cropus6
Misspelling Variants of "corpus"

Frequency rank: #12,565 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corpus"?
"corpus" is spelled C-O-R-P-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkoɾpus].
What does "corpus" mean?
As a noun, "corpus" means: Recopilación extensa y catalogada de datos de la misma clase destinada a la explotación en estudios e investigaciones.
What words are commonly confused with "corpus"?
"corpus" is commonly confused with "cortos", "cortas", "Cortés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corpus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corpus" is [ˈkoɾpus]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corpus" come from?
"corpus" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.