Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corcovado

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: cor-co-v-a-do
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Etymology

From Portuguese Corcovado (literally “Hunchback”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: Corcovado

Questions

What does corcovado mean?: A mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Where does corcovado come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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