cuarentenas
[kwaɾẽn̪ˈt̪enas]
The verdict
“cuarentenas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,788 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,788
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de cuarenteno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuarentenas · cuarentenas · Spanish
cuarentenas · rank #91,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,788
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH críen
Nearest frequency peer: críen (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cuarentenas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- corteja
corteja
8,222 corpus weight
- cortitos
cortitos
8,221 corpus weight
- cronometrad…
cronometrados
8,216 corpus weight
- críen
críen
8,215 corpus weight
- cuarentenas
cuarentenas
8,213 corpus weight
- culonas
culonas
8,207 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cuarentenas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuarentenas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuarentenas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,788 among 8,288 “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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