cortico
[koɾˈt̪iko]
The verdict
“cortico” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo del adjetivo corto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cortico · cortico · Spanish
cortico · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [koɾˈt̪iko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cortico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cortico is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [koɾˈt̪iko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diminutivo del adjetivo corto.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cortico, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cortico, spelled C-O-R-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo del adjetivo corto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cortico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Me sonrió y me dio la mano … derecha. ¿No viste que tiene el brazo izquierdo más cortico?
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.