corte

\ˈkɔr.te\

/\ˈkɔr.te\/ noun

The verdict

“corte” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,386
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corte · corte · French

corte · rank #27,386 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,386
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cordonnier

Nearest frequency peer: cordonnier (-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 « corte »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « corte » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

corte vs Cré
20% similar
corte vs Cte
40% similar
corte vs côte
60% similar

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

Key facts for corte
PropertyValue
Headwordcorte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɔr.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,386
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cortese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cordonnier » (#27,385), « cougars » (#27,387), « convulsions » (#27,384). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corte » est au #27,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around corte (IPA \ˈkɔr.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,386 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cour.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for corte, with forms such as "ccorte", "coret", and "corrte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cré", "Cte", "côte", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is corte, spelled C-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cour.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorte
  • coret
  • corrte
  • cotre
  • ocrte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corte - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccorte1coret2corrte1cotre2ocrte2
Edit distance from "corte"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corte"?
"corte" is spelled C-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɔr.te\.
What does "corte" mean?
As a noun, "corte" means: Cour.
What words are commonly confused with "corte"?
"corte" is commonly confused with "Cré", "Cte", "côte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corte" is \ˈkɔr.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corte" come from?
"corte" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

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 (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list