cruento

[ˈkɾwẽn̪t̪o]

/[ˈkɾwẽn̪t̪o]/ adj

The verdict

“cruento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,772 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,772
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que implica o provoca gran efusión de sangre.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cruento · cruento · Spanish

cruento · rank #90,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,772
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH crines

Nearest frequency peer: crines (-2 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 “cruento”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cruento” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cruento
PropertyValue
Headwordcruento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkɾwẽn̪t̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cruento” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cruentocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “crines” (#90,770), “culminaría” (#90,777), “cosechada” (#90,766). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cruento” va en #90,772. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cruento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,772 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkɾwẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que implica o provoca gran efusión de sangre.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cruento, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 cruento, spelled C-R-U-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que implica o provoca gran efusión de sangre.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cruento"?
"cruento" is spelled C-R-U-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾwẽn̪t̪o].
What does "cruento" mean?
As an adjective, "cruento" means: Que implica o provoca gran efusión de sangre.
How do you pronounce "cruento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cruento" is [ˈkɾwẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cruento" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cruento", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list