cortesia

noun

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The verdict

“cortesia” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,319
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade de cortês

Corpus desk

Index PT-cortesia · cortesia · Portuguese

cortesia · rank #9,319 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,319
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH consistente

Nearest frequency peer: consistente (-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 “cortesia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cortesia” 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).

cortesia vs cortês
63% similar
cortesia vs correia
75% similar
cortesia vs correria
75% similar

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

Key facts for cortesia
PropertyValue
Headwordcortesia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,319
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cortesia”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “consistente” (#9,318), “definitivo” (#9,321), “denominação” (#9,322). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cortesia” fica em #9,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cortesia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,319 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "qualidade de cortês".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cortesia, with forms such as "ccortesia", "coretsia", and "corrtesia". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cortês", "correia", "correria", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cortesia, spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade de cortês

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pesquisa da 'Reader's Digest' em 35 capitais analisou índices de boas maneiras e cortesia da população.

Synonyms

gentileza

Antonyms

descortesia

This word in other languages

courtesy(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccortesia
  • coretsia
  • corrtesia
  • corteisa
  • cortesai
  • cortessia
  • cortseia
  • corttesia
  • cotresia
  • crotesia
  • ocrtesia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccortesia1coretsia2corrtesia1corteisa2cortesai2cortessia1cortseia2corttesia1
Edit distance from "cortesia"

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 "cortesia"?
"cortesia" is spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-I-A.
What does "cortesia" mean?
As a noun, "cortesia" means: qualidade de cortês
What words are commonly confused with "cortesia"?
"cortesia" is commonly confused with "cortês", "correia", "correria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cortesia" come from?
"cortesia" 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 "cortesia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

eventual11 variantsbanheira11 variantsauditório11 variantsherdeiro11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list