corcel
The verdict
“corcel” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,870 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,870
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cavalo de raça
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corcel |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corcel” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
corcel is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,870 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cavalo de raça".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corcel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is corcel, spelled C-O-R-C-E-L.
Definition
- 1cavalo de raça
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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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “corcel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-R-C-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.