cortejo
The verdict
“cortejo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sigisbée, chevalier servant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cortejo · cortejo · French
cortejo · 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 | cortejo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cortejo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cortejo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sigisbée, chevalier servant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cortejo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cortejo, spelled C-O-R-T-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Sigisbée, chevalier servant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cortejo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sigognac s’acquitta sans trop de gaucherie, quoique les mains lui tremblassent un peu, de ce métier nouveau pour lui de cortejo d’une femme de théâtre, et ils sortirent tous deux de la salle où il ne restait plus personne.
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.