cuadrado

/[kwaˈð̞ɾað̞o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,133

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

cuadrado is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rectángulo equilátero. Pronounced [kwaˈð̞ɾað̞o]. It ranks #7,133 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cuadro and curado.

Key facts for cuadrado
PropertyValue
Headwordcuadrado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwaˈð̞ɾað̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,133
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cuadrado in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuadrado is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwaˈð̞ɾað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,133 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuadrado, with forms such as "caudrado", "ccuadrado", and "cuadardo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cuadro", "curado", "cuidado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cuadrado, spelled C-U-A-D-R-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rectángulo equilátero.
  2. 2
    La segunda potencia de un número, el cuadrado de un número es el resultado de multiplicar ese número por sí mismo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: caudrado,ccuadrado,cuadardo,cuaddrado,cuadraddo,cuadraod,cuadrdao,cuadrrado,cuardado,cudarado,ucadrado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuadrado

Misspelling Variants of "cuadrado"

caudrado8ccuadrado9cuadardo8cuaddrado9cuadraddo9cuadraod8cuadrdao8cuadrrado9
Misspelling Variants of "cuadrado"

Frequency rank: #7,133 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuadrado"?
"cuadrado" is spelled C-U-A-D-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaˈð̞ɾað̞o].
What does "cuadrado" mean?
As a noun, "cuadrado" means: Rectángulo equilátero.
What words are commonly confused with "cuadrado"?
"cuadrado" is commonly confused with "cuadro", "curado", "cuidado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuadrado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuadrado" is [kwaˈð̞ɾað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuadrado" come from?
"cuadrado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.