cotarro
[koˈt̪aro]
The verdict
“cotarro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,858 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,858
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Declive de un barranco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cotarro · cotarro · Spanish
cotarro · rank #81,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,858
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Coventry
Nearest frequency peer: Coventry (+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 “cotarro”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- corticales
corticales
18,148 corpus weight
- corvo
corvo
18,147 corpus weight
- cosméticas
cosméticas
18,146 corpus weight
- cotarro
cotarro
18,143 corpus weight
- Coventry
Coventry
18,142 corpus weight
- creyese
creyese
18,139 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cotarro” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cotarro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈt̪aro] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cotarro” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cotarro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,858 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈt̪aro]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cotarro, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cotarro, spelled C-O-T-A-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1Declive de un barranco.
- 2Grupo de personas, generalmente amigos, compañeros de trabajo, etc. en estado de agitación. Se utiliza principalmente en expresiones informales tales como "animar el cotarro" u otras.
- 3Lugar donde se daba albergue a personas sin hogar.
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.
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