corso

noun

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The verdict

“corso” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,518
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-corso · corso · Portuguese

corso · rank #35,518 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,518
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cortiça

Nearest frequency peer: cortiça (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “corso”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “corso” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

corso vs cos
60% similar
corso vs cost
60% similar
corso vs cosa
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for corso
PropertyValue
Headwordcorso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,518
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “corso”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).corsocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cortiça” (#35,519), “contratante” (#35,514), “contrabaixo” (#35,513). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “corso” fica em #35,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around corso, anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,518 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for corso, with forms such as "ccorso", "coros", and "corrso". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cos", "cost", "cosa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 corso, spelled C-O-R-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    corso
  2. 2
    fluxo
  3. 3
    circulação
  4. 4
    evolução
  5. 5
    galope do cavalo
  6. 6
    movimento de um astro
  7. 7
    valor de uma ação na bolsa de valores
  8. 8
    rua
  9. 9
    curso no qual se aprende algo
  10. 10
    livro didático

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how corso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. il corso impetuoso di un fiume
  2. il corso del sangue

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorso
  • coros
  • corrso
  • corsso
  • cosro
  • croso
  • ocrso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccorso1coros2corrso1corsso1cosro2croso2ocrso2
Edit distance from "corso"

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 "corso"?
"corso" is spelled C-O-R-S-O.
What does "corso" mean?
As a noun, "corso" means: corso
What words are commonly confused with "corso"?
"corso" is commonly confused with "cos", "cost", "cosa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "corso" come from?
"corso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chino#35,485cacho#35,472bless#35,460below#35,455

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fodas7 variantsforas7 variantsalgoz7 variantsGuinea7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list