correa

/[koˈrea]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,316

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

correa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tira larga y plana de material flexible. Pronounced [koˈrea]. It ranks #4,316 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with CREA and corte.

Key facts for correa
PropertyValue
Headwordcorrea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈrea]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,316
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for correa is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈrea]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,316 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 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 correa, with forms such as "ccorrea", "corera", and "corrae". 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, "CREA", "corte", "Corta", 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 correa, spelled C-O-R-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
    Tira larga y plana de material flexible.
  2. 2
    En especial, las que unidas a un objeto o animal se emplean para sujetarlo o conducirlo.
  3. 3
    Banda que transmite la energía de un motor a una pieza móvil.
  4. 4
    Tira de material, especialmente de cuero, con que se ajustan los pantalones a la cintura.
  5. 5
    Capacidad de soportar la extensión y la flexión sin romperse que tienen algunos materiales correosos.
  6. 6
    Por extensión, tolerancia y resistencia a la adversidad.
  7. 7
    Pieza transversal a la apertura de un arco sobre la cual se apoyan las dovelas.
  8. 8
    Emparejamiento ("correa") de uno o más dispositivos inalámbricos (por ejemplo, un móvil) a otro dispositivo que permite al usuario encontrar objetos fuera de lugar o fuera de la vista .
  9. 9
    Castigo consistente en azotes con un cinto o tira de cuero.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorrea,corera,corrae,crorea,ocrrea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for correa

Misspelling Variants of "correa"

ccorrea7corera6corrae6crorea6ocrrea6
Misspelling Variants of "correa"

Frequency rank: #4,316 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "correa"?
"correa" is spelled C-O-R-R-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈrea].
What does "correa" mean?
As a noun, "correa" means: Tira larga y plana de material flexible.
What words are commonly confused with "correa"?
"correa" is commonly confused with "CREA", "corte", "Corta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "correa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "correa" is [koˈrea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "correa" come from?
"correa" 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.