cortical
\kɔʁ.ti.kal\
The verdict
“cortical” is uncommon French (frequency #93,637 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,637
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est relatif à l'écorce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cortical · cortical · French
cortical · rank #93,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,637
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corrective
Nearest frequency peer: corrective (-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 « cortical »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cordula
Cordula
6,367 corpus weight
- coro
coro
6,366 corpus weight
- corrective
corrective
6,365 corpus weight
- cortical
cortical
6,364 corpus weight
- counting
counting
6,362 corpus weight
- coutelas
coutelas
6,361 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cortical » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortical |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.ti.kal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cortical » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cortical is uncommon French at frequency #93,637 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔʁ.ti.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cortical, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 cortical, spelled C-O-R-T-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est relatif à l'écorce.
- 2Relatif au cortex d’un organe, généralement le cerveau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cortical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si l'on écrase entre deux pierres des grains de blé, l'enveloppe corticale de chaque grain est brisée, et les débris, qui portent le nom de son, se mêlent à la farine provenant de la trituration de la partie intérieure ; […].
On sait d'autre part que dans toutes les formations solides de nature cornée, telles que le limbe inguéal, l'épidermicule et la substance corticale des poils, les cellules malpighiennes conservent leurs noyaux colorables et actifs, […].
This word in other languages
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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