autocuidado

[awt̪okwiˈð̞að̞o]

/[awt̪okwiˈð̞að̞o]/ noun

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The verdict

“autocuidado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,502 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,502
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cuidado personal, especialmente el que preserva (o mejora) la salud física y mental.

Key facts for autocuidado
PropertyValue
Headwordautocuidado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[awt̪okwiˈð̞að̞o]
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “autocuidado” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). autocuidado lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autocuidado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,502 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [awt̪okwiˈð̞að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cuidado personal, especialmente el que preserva (o mejora) la salud física y mental.".

Zero misspellings are on record for autocuidado in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is autocuidado, spelled A-U-T-O-C-U-I-D-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuidado personal, especialmente el que preserva (o mejora) la salud física y mental.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autocuidado"?
"autocuidado" is spelled A-U-T-O-C-U-I-D-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [awt̪okwiˈð̞að̞o].
What does "autocuidado" mean?
As a noun, "autocuidado" means: Cuidado personal, especialmente el que preserva (o mejora) la salud física y mental.
How do you pronounce "autocuidado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autocuidado" is [awt̪okwiˈð̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autocuidado" come from?
"autocuidado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “autocuidado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-U-T-O-C-U-I-D-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [awt̪okwiˈð̞að̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list