corisco
/ku.ˈɾiʃ.ku/
The verdict
“corisco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,591 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,591
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - faísca elétrica da atmosfera, acompanhada ou não de trovão; raio
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corisco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.ˈɾiʃ.ku/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corisco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
corisco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,591 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ku.ˈɾiʃ.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for corisco in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is corisco, spelled C-O-R-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1faísca elétrica da atmosfera, acompanhada ou não de trovão; raio
- 2hóspede inesperado
- 3pessoa muito esperta, muito viva
- 4desgraça, catástrofe
- 5relâmpago; pessoa malvada
- 6planta graminácea (Guadua exalta) que tem colmo ereto de cujos nós partem ramos fasciculados com cerca de 16 cm de comprimento; também chamada bambuzinho e taquara
Synonyms
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 “corisco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-R-I-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.ˈɾiʃ.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.