corn

verb

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The verdict

“corn” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,526 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,526
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - granular

Corpus desk

Index PT-corn · corn · Portuguese

corn · rank #51,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,526
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH contracultura

Nearest frequency peer: contracultura (-2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “corn”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “corn” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corn
PropertyValue
Headwordcorn
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,526
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “corn” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).corncai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “contracultura” (#51,524), “contrabandista” (#51,522), “contentor” (#51,520). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “corn” fica em #51,526. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corn is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,526 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

corn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is corn, spelled C-O-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    granular
  2. 2
    preservar usando sal
  3. 3
    ficar bêbado
  4. 4
    atirar

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corn"?
"corn" is spelled C-O-R-N.
What does "corn" mean?
As a verb, "corn" means: granular
What language does "corn" come from?
"corn" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "corn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Haus#51,652tide#51,372Kino#51,701reco#51,300

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list