cortisona
/kuɾ.ti.ˈzo.nɐ/
The verdict
“cortisona” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #75,440 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,440
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hormona esteroide produzida no córtex adrenal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cortisona |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kuɾ.ti.ˈzo.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cortisona” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cortisona is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kuɾ.ti.ˈzo.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,440 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hormona esteroide produzida no córtex adrenal".
Zero misspellings are on record for cortisona in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cortisona, spelled C-O-R-T-I-S-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1hormona esteroide produzida no córtex adrenal
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 “cortisona”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-R-T-I-S-O-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kuɾ.ti.ˈzo.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.