cortiça

/kuɾ.ˈti.sɐ/

//kuɾ.ˈti.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“cortiça” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,519
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - material de que é composta a casca de sobreiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-cortica · cortiça · Portuguese

cortiça · rank #35,519 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,519
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH corso

Nearest frequency peer: corso (-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 “cortiça”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cortiça” 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).

cortiça vs crítica
57% similar
cortiça vs cortiço
86% similar
cortiça vs corta
71% similar

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

Key facts for cortiça
PropertyValue
Headwordcortiça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kuɾ.ˈti.sɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,519
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cortiça”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cortiçacai 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 “corso” (#35,518), “contratante” (#35,514), “contrabaixo” (#35,513). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cortiça” fica em #35,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cortiça (IPA /kuɾ.ˈti.sɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,519 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cortiça, with forms such as "ccortiça", "coritça", and "corrtiça". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "crítica", "cortiço", "corta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cortiça, spelled C-O-R-T-I-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    material de que é composta a casca de sobreiro
  2. 2
    pedaço da casca de sobreiro

This word in other languages

cork(English)corcho(Español)liège(Français)Kork(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccortiça
  • coritça
  • corrtiça
  • cortiaç
  • corttiça
  • cortçia
  • cotriça
  • crotiça
  • ocrtiça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccortiça1coritça2corrtiça1cortiaç2corttiça1cortçia2cotriça2crotiça2
Edit distance from "cortiça"

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 "cortiça"?
"cortiça" is spelled C-O-R-T-I-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kuɾ.ˈti.sɐ/.
What does "cortiça" mean?
As a noun, "cortiça" means: material de que é composta a casca de sobreiro
What words are commonly confused with "cortiça"?
"cortiça" is commonly confused with "crítica", "cortiço", "corta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cortiça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cortiça" is /kuɾ.ˈti.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cortiça" come from?
"cortiça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comenda#35,499frenesi#35,605soberbo#35,350mundano#35,690

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

colors9 variantsflower9 variantsuníssono9 variantstranco9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list