corteja
[koɾˈt̪exa]
The verdict
“corteja” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,779 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,779
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cortejar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-corteja · corteja · Spanish
corteja · rank #91,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,779
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cortarán
Nearest frequency peer: cortarán (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “corteja”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cornuda
cornuda
8,226 corpus weight
- correrían
correrían
8,225 corpus weight
- corrimientos
corrimientos
8,224 corpus weight
- cortarán
cortarán
8,223 corpus weight
- corteja
corteja
8,222 corpus weight
- cortitos
cortitos
8,221 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “corteja” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corteja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koɾˈt̪exa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “corteja” en español
Rare enough to double-check
corteja is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,779 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koɾˈt̪exa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for corteja, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 corteja, spelled C-O-R-T-E-J-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cortejar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de cortejar.
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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