corto
\ˈkoɾ.to\
The verdict
“corto” is uncommon French (frequency #62,170 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,170
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Court.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corto · corto · French
corto · rank #62,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,170
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corrélés
Nearest frequency peer: corrélés (-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 « corto »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- convalescent
convalescent
37,834 corpus weight
- copeau
copeau
37,833 corpus weight
- corrélés
corrélés
37,832 corpus weight
- corto
corto
37,831 corpus weight
- cotisent
cotisent
37,830 corpus weight
- coupelle
coupelle
37,829 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « corto » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈkoɾ.to\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « corto » en français
Rare enough to double-check
corto is uncommon French at frequency #62,170 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈkoɾ.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Court.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for corto, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 corto, spelled C-O-R-T-O.
Definition
- 1Court.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how corto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El niño tiene pelo corto.
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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