cortante

/[koɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,781

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

cortante is anSpanishadj. It means: Que corta (en las diferentes acepciones de "cortar"). Pronounced [koɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. Often confused with cortarse and cortantes.

Key facts for cortante
PropertyValue
Headwordcortante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[koɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,781
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cortante is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,781 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que corta (en las diferentes acepciones de "cortar").".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for cortante, with forms such as "ccortante", "coratnte", and "corrtante". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "cortarse", "cortantes", "cortan", 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 cortante, spelled C-O-R-T-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que corta (en las diferentes acepciones de "cortar").

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccortante,coratnte,corrtante,cortanet,cortannte,cortantte,cortatne,cortnate,corttante,cotrante,crotante,ocrtante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cortante

Misspelling Variants of "cortante"

ccortante9coratnte8corrtante9cortanet8cortannte9cortantte9cortatne8cortnate8
Misspelling Variants of "cortante"

Frequency rank: #26,781 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cortante"?
"cortante" is spelled C-O-R-T-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [koɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e].
What does "cortante" mean?
As an adj, "cortante" means: Que corta (en las diferentes acepciones de "cortar").
What words are commonly confused with "cortante"?
"cortante" is commonly confused with "cortarse", "cortantes", "cortan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cortante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cortante" is [koɾˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cortante" come from?
"cortante" 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.