cortezas
[koɾˈt̪esas]
The verdict
“cortezas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,911 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,911
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de corteza.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortezas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koɾˈt̪esas] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cortezas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cortezas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,911 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koɾˈt̪esas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de corteza.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cortezas in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cortezas, spelled C-O-R-T-E-Z-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de corteza.
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 “cortezas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-R-T-E-Z-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.