cuarcita
[kwaɾˈsit̪a]
The verdict
“cuarcita” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,852 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,852
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roca metamórfica formada exclusivamente por granos de cuarzo, que suele tener un color blanquecino, es muy dura y se usa en las industrias de la construcción y la cerámica.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuarcita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kwaɾˈsit̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuarcita” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuarcita is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,852 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kwaɾˈsit̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roca metamórfica formada exclusivamente por granos de cuarzo, que suele tener un color blanquecino, es muy dura y se usa en las industrias de la construcción y la cerámica.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cuarcita in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cuarcita, spelled C-U-A-R-C-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Roca metamórfica formada exclusivamente por granos de cuarzo, que suele tener un color blanquecino, es muy dura y se usa en las industrias de la construcción y la cerámica.
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 “cuarcita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-A-R-C-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kwaɾˈsit̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.