cóncavo

[ˈkõŋkaβ̞o]

/[ˈkõŋkaβ̞o]/ adj

The verdict

“cóncavo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,920 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,920
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una superficie, curvada de tal modo que la parte central es más profunda, formando una cavidad

Corpus desk

Index ES-concavo · cóncavo · Spanish

cóncavo · rank #59,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,920
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cántabra

Nearest frequency peer: cántabra (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cóncavo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cóncavo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cóncavo
PropertyValue
Headwordcóncavo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkõŋkaβ̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cóncavo” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cóncavocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cántabra” (#59,919), “Dalmau” (#59,921), “cultivables” (#59,918). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cóncavo” va en #59,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cóncavo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,920 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkõŋkaβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dicho de una superficie, curvada de tal modo que la parte central es más profunda, formando una cavidad".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cóncavo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 cóncavo, spelled C-Ó-N-C-A-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de una superficie, curvada de tal modo que la parte central es más profunda, formando una cavidad

Antonyms

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); 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 "cóncavo"?
"cóncavo" is spelled C-Ó-N-C-A-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkõŋkaβ̞o].
What does "cóncavo" mean?
As an adjective, "cóncavo" means: Dicho de una superficie, curvada de tal modo que la parte central es más profunda, formando una cavidad
How do you pronounce "cóncavo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cóncavo" is [ˈkõŋkaβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cóncavo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cóncavo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list