corso
\kɔʁ.so\
The verdict
“corso” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,251
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avenue, cours principal d’une ville italienne. Il sert de lieu de promenade et s’y déroulent les fêtes publiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corso · corso · French
corso · rank #37,251 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,251
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH correa
Nearest frequency peer: correa (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « corso »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- continentaux
continentaux
62,754 corpus weight
- cordiale
cordiale
62,752 corpus weight
- correa
correa
62,751 corpus weight
- corso
corso
62,750 corpus weight
- coter
coter
62,749 corpus weight
- couraient
couraient
62,748 corpus weight
What this shows « corso » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corso |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.so\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corso »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around corso (IPA \kɔʁ.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,251 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for corso, with forms such as "ccorso", "coros", and "corrso". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRS", "cro", "cost", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is corso, spelled C-O-R-S-O.
Definition
- 1Avenue, cours principal d’une ville italienne. Il sert de lieu de promenade et s’y déroulent les fêtes publiques.
- 2Défilé qui se déroule dans la rue au cours de fêtes locales de plein air.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
aller au corso ; revenir par le corso ; faire le corso.
Une petite ville se paie le luxe d'un somptueux corso ; une autre veut des concerts, des illuminations ….
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorso
- coros
- corrso
- corsso
- cosro
- croso
- ocrso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).