cuán
[ˈkwãn]
The verdict
“cuán” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,647 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #6,647
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se usa en oraciones exclamativas para acentuar el grado o la intensidad.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈkwãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuán” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cuán is 4 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkwãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,647 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se usa en oraciones exclamativas para acentuar el grado o la intensidad.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuán, with forms such as "ccuán", "cuná", and "cuánn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cup", "cum", "cut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cuán, spelled C-U-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Se usa en oraciones exclamativas para acentuar el grado o la intensidad.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccuán,cuná,cuánn,cáun,ucán
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuán - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “cuán”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkwãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cup” - see the side-by-side comparison. cuán vs cup
- 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.