cribado
[kɾiˈβ̞að̞o]
The verdict
“cribado” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #74,394 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,394
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Método de separación de elementos de diferente tamaño por medio de barreras con orificios o cribas que permiten el paso de los más pequeños y retienen a los mayores.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cribado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɾiˈβ̞að̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cribado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cribado is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾiˈβ̞að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,394 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cribado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 cribado, spelled C-R-I-B-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Método de separación de elementos de diferente tamaño por medio de barreras con orificios o cribas que permiten el paso de los más pequeños y retienen a los mayores.
- 2Carga de carbón mineral que ha sido seleccionada por el tamaño del trozo que debe ser mayor a 45 mm de longitud.
Synonyms
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 “cribado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-I-B-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɾiˈβ̞að̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.