cuaresma

/[kwaˈɾesma]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,206

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

cuaresma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tiempo litúrgico variable, en los credos católico, ortodoxo, anglicano y algunos evangélicos, dedicado a preparación de la festividad pascual: la resurrección de Jesucristo. En el rito latino comie... Pronounced [kwaˈɾesma]. Often confused with carisma and cuarenta.

Key facts for cuaresma
PropertyValue
Headwordcuaresma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwaˈɾesma]
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,206
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuaresma is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwaˈɾesma]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,206 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuaresma, with forms such as "cauresma", "ccuaresma", and "cuaersma". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "carisma", "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 cuaresma, spelled C-U-A-R-E-S-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tiempo litúrgico variable, en los credos católico, ortodoxo, anglicano y algunos evangélicos, dedicado a preparación de la festividad pascual: la resurrección de Jesucristo. En el rito latino comienza el miércoles de ceniza y termina justo antes de la «misa de la cena del Señor», la tarde del jueves santo. Comprende seis domingos, hasta el denominado «de ramos» (siete si se incluye el de pascua).
  2. 2
    Sermones dominicales que se pronuncian durante la cuaresma.
  3. 3
    Libro que contiene los textos de las lecturas acerca del tema de la cuaresma, por autor.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cauresma,ccuaresma,cuaersma,cuaremsa,cuaresam,cuaresmma,cuaressma,cuarresma,cuarsema,curaesma,ucaresma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuaresma

Misspelling Variants of "cuaresma"

cauresma8ccuaresma9cuaersma8cuaremsa8cuaresam8cuaresmma9cuaressma9cuarresma9
Misspelling Variants of "cuaresma"

Frequency rank: #18,206 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuaresma"?
"cuaresma" is spelled C-U-A-R-E-S-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaˈɾesma].
What does "cuaresma" mean?
As a noun, "cuaresma" means: Tiempo litúrgico variable, en los credos católico, ortodoxo, anglicano y algunos evangélicos, dedicado a preparación de la festividad pascual: la resurrección de Jesucristo. En el rito latino comie...
What words are commonly confused with "cuaresma"?
"cuaresma" is commonly confused with "carisma", "cuarenta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuaresma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuaresma" is [kwaˈɾesma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuaresma" come from?
"cuaresma" 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.