cayuco
[kaˈʝuko]
The verdict
“cayuco” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Embarcación de una pieza a partir de un tronco de árbol vaciado, más pequeña que la canoa, con el fondo plano y sin quilla, que se impulsa y se dirige con un remo muy ancho llamado canalete y que s...
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Index ES-cayuco · cayuco · Spanish
cayuco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cayuco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈʝuko] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cayuco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cayuco is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈʝuko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cayuco, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cayuco, spelled C-A-Y-U-C-O.
Definition
- 1Embarcación de una pieza a partir de un tronco de árbol vaciado, más pequeña que la canoa, con el fondo plano y sin quilla, que se impulsa y se dirige con un remo muy ancho llamado canalete y que se utiliza en las Antillas y otras partes de América.
- 2Recientemente, barco o bote usado por los inmigrantes ilegales africanos para entrar en España.
This word in other languages
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.