cortejar
[koɾt̪eˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“cortejar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,241 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,241
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Procurar el amor de otro, tradicionalmente de una mujer, con el fin de crear una relación de pareja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cortejar · cortejar · Spanish
cortejar · rank #65,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,241
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH coronando
Nearest frequency peer: coronando (-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 “cortejar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- contestaría
contestaría
34,765 corpus weight
- copié
copié
34,764 corpus weight
- coronando
coronando
34,761 corpus weight
- cortejar
cortejar
34,760 corpus weight
- crearían
crearían
34,755 corpus weight
- crepes
crepes
34,754 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cortejar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortejar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koɾt̪eˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cortejar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cortejar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,241 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koɾt̪eˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cortejar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cortejar, spelled C-O-R-T-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Procurar el amor de otro, tradicionalmente de una mujer, con el fin de crear una relación de pareja.
- 2Buscar el favor de alguien, haciendo lo que pida o le agrade.
This word in other languages
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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