cortemos
[koɾˈt̪emos]
The verdict
“cortemos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,936 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,936
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de cortar o de cortarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortemos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koɾˈt̪emos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cortemos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cortemos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,936 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koɾˈt̪emos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cortemos in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cortemos, spelled C-O-R-T-E-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de cortar o de cortarse.
- 2Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del imperativo (exhortatorio) de cortar.
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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Using “cortemos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-R-T-E-M-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koɾˈt̪emos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.