cuadrúpedo
[kwaˈð̞ɾupeð̞o]
The verdict
“cuadrúpedo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,646 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,646
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de un animal que tiene cuatro pies o patas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuadrupedo · cuadrúpedo · Spanish
cuadrúpedo · rank #85,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,646
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cuaje
Nearest frequency peer: cuaje (+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 “cuadrúpedo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cruentas
cruentas
14,357 corpus weight
- cuadrúpedo
cuadrúpedo
14,355 corpus weight
- cuaje
cuaje
14,354 corpus weight
- Cubillo
Cubillo
14,353 corpus weight
- CUPS
CUPS
14,350 corpus weight
- curto
curto
14,349 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cuadrúpedo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuadrúpedo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kwaˈð̞ɾupeð̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuadrúpedo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuadrúpedo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,646 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kwaˈð̞ɾupeð̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cuadrúpedo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 cuadrúpedo, spelled C-U-A-D-R-Ú-P-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de un animal que tiene cuatro pies o patas.
- 2Se dice de los signos del Zodiaco representados por animales de cuatro patas (Aries, Tauro, Leo, Sagitario y Capricornio).
This word in other languages
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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