cortar
[koɾˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“cortar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,472
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Separar un objeto en dos partes mediante un cuchillo u otro objeto cortante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cortar · cortar · Spanish
cortar · rank #3,472 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,472
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH confiar
Nearest frequency peer: confiar (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cortar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- computadora
computadora
96,532 corpus weight
- conducta
conducta
96,531 corpus weight
- confiar
confiar
96,530 corpus weight
- cortar
cortar
96,529 corpus weight
- créditos
créditos
96,528 corpus weight
- cubierta
cubierta
96,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cortar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | cortar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koɾˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “cortar” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cortar (IPA [koɾˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,472 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cortar, with forms such as "ccortar", "coratr", and "corrtar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cota", "corte", "crear", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cortar, spelled C-O-R-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Separar un objeto en dos partes mediante un cuchillo u otro objeto cortante.
- 2Atravesar un fluido, sea aire, agua, etc.
- 3Suavizar el sabor de un alimento.
- 4Suavizar la pureza de una mezcla.
- 5Atravesar un elemento geométrico o tocar en un único punto.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccortar
- coratr
- corrtar
- cortarr
- cortra
- corttar
- cotrar
- crotar
- ocrtar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cortar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cortar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "cortar". Here's where to go from here.
- "cortar" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Cota". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,472 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.