cortarla

/[koɾˈt̪aɾla]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,542

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

cortarla is aSpanishverb. It means: Desistir. Pronounced [koɾˈt̪aɾla]. Often confused with costará and cortaron.

Key facts for cortarla
PropertyValue
Headwordcortarla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koɾˈt̪aɾla]
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,542
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cortarla is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koɾˈt̪aɾla]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,542 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Desistir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for cortarla, with forms such as "ccortarla", "coratrla", and "corrtarla". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "costará", "cortaron", "costaría", 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 cortarla, spelled C-O-R-T-A-R-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Desistir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccortarla,coratrla,corrtarla,cortalra,cortaral,cortarlla,cortarrla,cortrala,corttarla,cotrarla,crotarla,ocrtarla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cortarla

Misspelling Variants of "cortarla"

ccortarla9coratrla8corrtarla9cortalra8cortaral8cortarlla9cortarrla9cortrala8
Misspelling Variants of "cortarla"

Frequency rank: #49,542 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cortarla"?
"cortarla" is spelled C-O-R-T-A-R-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koɾˈt̪aɾla].
What does "cortarla" mean?
As a verb, "cortarla" means: Desistir.
What words are commonly confused with "cortarla"?
"cortarla" is commonly confused with "costará", "cortaron", "costaría". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cortarla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cortarla" is [koɾˈt̪aɾla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cortarla" come from?
"cortarla" 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.