costarriqueño
[kost̪ariˈkeɲo]
The verdict
“costarriqueño” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de Costa Rica.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | costarriqueño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kost̪ariˈkeɲo] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “costarriqueño” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for costarriqueño is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kost̪ariˈkeɲo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Costa Rica.".
Zero misspellings are on record for costarriqueño in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 costarriqueño, spelled C-O-S-T-A-R-R-I-Q-U-E-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de Costa Rica.
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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.
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Using “costarriqueño”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-S-T-A-R-R-I-Q-U-E-Ñ-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kost̪ariˈkeɲo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.