cintura

/[sĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,681

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

cintura is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte del cuerpo humano inmediatamente por debajo de la última costilla flotante. Pronounced [sĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]. It ranks #7,681 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with contra and cultura.

Key facts for cintura
PropertyValue
Headwordcintura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,681
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cintura in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cintura is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,681 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Parte del cuerpo humano inmediatamente por debajo de la última costilla flotante.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cintura, with forms such as "ccintura", "cinntura", and "cintrua". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "contra", "cultura", "contará", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cintura, spelled C-I-N-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte del cuerpo humano inmediatamente por debajo de la última costilla flotante.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccintura,cinntura,cintrua,cinttura,cintuar,cinturra,cinutra,citnura,cnitura,icntura,sintura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cintura

Misspelling Variants of "cintura"

ccintura8cinntura8cintrua7cinttura8cintuar7cinturra8cinutra7citnura7
Misspelling Variants of "cintura"

Frequency rank: #7,681 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cintura"?
"cintura" is spelled C-I-N-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa].
What does "cintura" mean?
As a noun, "cintura" means: Parte del cuerpo humano inmediatamente por debajo de la última costilla flotante.
What words are commonly confused with "cintura"?
"cintura" is commonly confused with "contra", "cultura", "contará". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cintura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cintura" is [sĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cintura" come from?
"cintura" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.