cretinos
[kɾeˈt̪inos]
The verdict
“cretinos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,511 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,511
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de cretino.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cretinos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɾeˈt̪inos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cretinos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cretinos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,511 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɾeˈt̪inos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de cretino.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cretinos, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cretinos, spelled C-R-E-T-I-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de cretino.
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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Using “cretinos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-E-T-I-N-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɾeˈt̪inos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.