cuarentena

[kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]

/[kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]/ noun

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The verdict

“cuarentena” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,218
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cuarentena · cuarentena · Spanish

cuarentena · rank #13,218 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,218
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH creíble

Nearest frequency peer: creíble (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cuarentena”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cuarentena” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cuarentena vs cuarenta
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cuarentena”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cuarentenacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “creíble” (#13,217), “curiosidades” (#13,219), “cresta” (#13,216). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cuarentena” va en #13,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cuarentena (IPA [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪ena]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,218 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuarentena, with forms such as "caurentena", "ccuarentena", and "cuaerntena". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cuarenta", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cuarentena, spelled C-U-A-R-E-N-T-E-N-A.

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

cuaresmacuarentavo

This word in other languages

quarantine(English)quarantaine(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • caurentena
  • ccuarentena
  • cuaerntena
  • cuarenetna
  • cuarenntena
  • cuarentean
  • cuarentenna
  • cuarentnea
  • cuarenttena
  • cuaretnena
  • cuarnetena
  • cuarrentena
  • curaentena
  • ucarentena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuarentena - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

caurentena2ccuarentena1cuaerntena2cuarenetna2cuarenntena1cuarentean2cuarentenna1cuarentnea2
Edit distance from "cuarentena"

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.

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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cuarentena", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

convencida#13,211designados#13,225contrarios#13,210conservado#13,208

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

cerebros14 variantsemocionada14 variantscelestial14 variantscasamiento14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list