Córdoba
The verdict
“Córdoba” is uncommon French (frequency #86,596 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,596
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Province d’Argentine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cordoba · Córdoba · French
Córdoba · rank #86,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,596
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cétone
Nearest frequency peer: cétone (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Córdoba »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- crémerie
crémerie
13,409 corpus weight
- cupules
cupules
13,408 corpus weight
- cétone
cétone
13,406 corpus weight
- Córdoba
Córdoba
13,405 corpus weight
- Danish
Danish
13,403 corpus weight
- dann
dann
13,402 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Córdoba » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Córdoba |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Córdoba » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Córdoba is uncommon French at frequency #86,596 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Córdoba has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Córdoba, spelled C-Ó-R-D-O-B-A.
Definition
- 1Province d’Argentine.
- 2Ville d’Argentine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Córdoba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la seconde moitié du XVIᵉ siècle, les vice-rois du Pérou – se tournant vers le lointain Río de la Plata – organisent des expéditions qui fondent les villes de Tucumán en 1565 et Córdoba en 1573.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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