cortafuego
[koɾt̪aˈfweɣ̞o]
The verdict
“cortafuego” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vereda ancha que se hace en los campos para evitar la propagación de un incendio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cortafuego · cortafuego · Spanish
cortafuego · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | cortafuego |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koɾt̪aˈfweɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cortafuego” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cortafuego is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [koɾt̪aˈfweɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cortafuego, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cortafuego, spelled C-O-R-T-A-F-U-E-G-O.
Definition
- 1Vereda ancha que se hace en los campos para evitar la propagación de un incendio.
- 2Sistema de protección pasiva para incendios hecho de varios componentes y usado para sellar entradas y juntas en una pared calificada como resistente a fuego o montaje de piso.
- 3Sistema informático diseñado para bloquear los accesos no autorizados, permitiendo al mismo tiempo comunicaciones autorizadas.
Synonyms
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.