cuarentenas
[kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪enas]
The verdict
“cuarentenas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,788 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,788
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de cuarenteno.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuarentenas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪enas] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #91,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuarentenas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuarentenas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,788 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪enas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino plural de cuarenteno.".
cuarentenas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 cuarentenas, spelled C-U-A-R-E-N-T-E-N-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino plural de cuarenteno.
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 “cuarentenas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-A-R-E-N-T-E-N-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪enas] (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.