cuarentena

/[kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,218

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

cuarentena is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de aislar o apartar a personas o animales durante un período de tiempo, para evitar o limitar el riesgo de que extiendan una determinada enfermedad contagiosa. Pronounced [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]. Often confused with cuarenta.

Key facts for cuarentena
PropertyValue
Headwordcuarentena
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,218
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuarentena is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,218 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuarentena, with forms such as "caurentena", "ccuarentena", and "cuaerntena". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cuarenta", 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 cuarentena, spelled C-U-A-R-E-N-T-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de aislar o apartar a personas o animales durante un período de tiempo, para evitar o limitar el riesgo de que extiendan una determinada enfermedad contagiosa.
  2. 2
    Acción de los antivirus de denegar toda clase de permisos a un fichero para evitar daños en el ordenador, pero sin borrarlo.
  3. 3
    Acción de evitar la difusión o publicación de una noticia durante un tiempo prudencial, hasta asegurarse de que es verdadera.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de cuarenta elementos.
  5. 5
    Edad que se encuentra en la década de los cuarenta (40) a los cuarenta y nueve (49) años.
  6. 6
    Período de 40 días, meses o años.
  7. 7
    Tiempo litúrgico de cuarenta días de preparación para la Pascua de Resurrección.
  8. 8
    Una de las partes de un todo al dividirse entre cuarenta fracciones iguales.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: caurentena,ccuarentena,cuaerntena,cuarenetna,cuarenntena,cuarentean,cuarentenna,cuarentnea,cuarenttena,cuaretnena,cuarnetena,cuarrentena,curaentena,ucarentena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuarentena

Misspelling Variants of "cuarentena"

caurentena10ccuarentena11cuaerntena10cuarenetna10cuarenntena11cuarentean10cuarentenna11cuarentnea10
Misspelling Variants of "cuarentena"

Frequency rank: #13,218 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuarentena"?
"cuarentena" is spelled C-U-A-R-E-N-T-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena].
What does "cuarentena" mean?
As a noun, "cuarentena" means: Acción de aislar o apartar a personas o animales durante un período de tiempo, para evitar o limitar el riesgo de que extiendan una determinada enfermedad contagiosa.
What words are commonly confused with "cuarentena"?
"cuarentena" is commonly confused with "cuarenta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuarentena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuarentena" is [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuarentena" come from?
"cuarentena" 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.