cortesía

[koɾt̪eˈsia]

/[koɾt̪eˈsia]/ noun

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The verdict

“cortesía” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,838
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calidad o cualidad de cortés.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cortesia · cortesía · Spanish

cortesía · rank #7,838 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,838
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH conociendo

Nearest frequency peer: conociendo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cortesía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cortesía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cortesía vs corteza
75% similar
cortesía vs Cortés
50% similar
cortesía vs Contesta
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cortesía
PropertyValue
Headwordcortesía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koɾt̪eˈsia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,838
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cortesía”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cortesíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “conociendo” (#7,837), “crecen” (#7,839), “confirmación” (#7,836). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cortesía” va en #7,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cortesía (IPA [koɾt̪eˈsia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,838 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cortesía, with forms such as "ccortesía", "coretsía", and "corrtesía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "corteza", "Cortés", "Contesta", 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. The correct Spanish form is cortesía, spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calidad o cualidad de cortés.
  2. 2
    Acto o demostración con que se expresa el afecto, respeto o atención que tiene una persona a otra.
  3. 3
    Cualquier clase de favor o regalo.
  4. 4
    Dícese de las expresiones de educación o elegancia puestas antes de la firma en una carta.
  5. 5
    Tratamiento o título que se le da a alguien.
  6. 6
    Hoja, página o parte de ella que se deja en blanco en libros e impresos.
  7. 7
    En un medio de comunicación; nota que se coloca en una imagen o video que pertenece a otro por respeto a los derechos de autor o de propiedad y así evitar caer en plagio.

This word in other languages

courtesy(English)courtoisie(Français)Höflichkeit(Deutsch)cortesia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccortesía
  • coretsía
  • corrtesía
  • cortesaí
  • cortessía
  • corteísa
  • cortseía
  • corttesía
  • cotresía
  • crotesía
  • ocrtesía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cortesía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccortesía1coretsía2corrtesía1cortesaí2cortessía1corteísa2cortseía2corttesía1
Edit distance from "cortesía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cortesía"?
"cortesía" is spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koɾt̪eˈsia].
What does "cortesía" mean?
As a noun, "cortesía" means: Calidad o cualidad de cortés.
What words are commonly confused with "cortesía"?
"cortesía" is commonly confused with "corteza", "Cortés", "Contesta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cortesía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cortesía" is [koɾt̪eˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cortesía" come from?
"cortesía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cortesía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crónicas#7,840descansa#7,844calcular#7,829empleada#7,851

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

célebre11 variantscenizas11 variantsbéisbol11 variantsbasadas11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list