cuesta
/ˈkwɛstə/
"cuesta" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cuesta” is uncommon English (frequency #70,588 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,588
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cuesta · cuesta · English
cuesta · rank #70,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,588
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Cuming
Nearest frequency peer: Cuming (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cuesta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- CR7
CR7
29,417 corpus weight
- crisscrossed
crisscrossed
29,416 corpus weight
- cronk
cronk
29,415 corpus weight
- cuesta
cuesta
29,413 corpus weight
- Cuming
Cuming
29,412 corpus weight
- cytometry
cytometry
29,409 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cuesta” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuesta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwɛstə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuesta” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuesta is uncommon English at frequency #70,588 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkwɛstə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cuesta, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish cuesta (“slope”). Doublet of coast. The correct English form is cuesta, spelled C-U-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cuesta (“slope”). Doublet of coast.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.