bajo cuerda
[ˈbaxo ˈkweɾð̞a]
The verdict
“bajo cuerda” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De manera secreta o solapada, de modo que no se entere nadie.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bajo-cuerda · bajo cuerda · Spanish
bajo cuerda · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bajo cuerda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈbaxo ˈkweɾð̞a] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bajo cuerda” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bajo cuerda is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈbaxo ˈkweɾð̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De manera secreta o solapada, de modo que no se entere nadie.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bajo cuerda, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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 carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is bajo cuerda, spelled B-A-J-O- -C-U-E-R-D-A.
Definition
- 1De manera secreta o solapada, de modo que no se entere nadie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.