cuarta

/[ˈkwaɾt̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,039

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cuarta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada una de las cuatro partes iguales de un todo. Pronounced [ˈkwaɾt̪a]. It ranks #3,039 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cura and curt.

Key facts for cuarta
PropertyValue
Headwordcuarta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkwaɾt̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,039
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuarta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkwaɾt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,039 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuarta, with forms such as "caurta", "ccuarta", and "cuarat". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cura", "curt", "cuota", and more, 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 cuarta, spelled C-U-A-R-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada una de las cuatro partes iguales de un todo.
  2. 2
    Medida de longitud, equivalente a la distancia que hay entre el dedo pulgar y el meñique de una mano extendida o entre el pulgar y el dedo corazón.
  3. 3
    En algunos instrumentos de cuerda, la que está en cuarto lugar.
  4. 4
    Intervalo de cuatro grados en dos notas de la escala musical.
  5. 5
    Cuarta funeral.
  6. 6
    En el juego de los cientos, grupo de cuatro cartas consecutivas y de un mismo palo.
  7. 7
    Encuarte.
  8. 8
    Cuadrante (transportador de un cuarto de círculo usado para medir ángulos).
  9. 9
    Cada una de las 32 partes en las que se divide la rosa náutica.
  10. 10
    Sección formada por la cuarta parte de un batallón de infantería.
  11. 11
    Intervalo entre una nota y su cuarta anterior, compuesto por dos tonos y un semitono.
  12. 12
    Mula que guía los coches de caballos.
  13. 13
    Unidad de medida para áridos, equivalente a la cuarta parte de un ferrado.
  14. 14
    Disciplina (instrumento para castigo).
  15. 15
    Fusta (látigo para la caballería).
  16. 16
    Cuerda que se usa para remolcar un vehículo.
  17. 17
    Cuarta marcha que se selecciona desde la caja de cambios.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: caurta,ccuarta,cuarat,cuarrta,cuartta,cuatra,curata,ucarta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuarta

Misspelling Variants of "cuarta"

caurta6ccuarta7cuarat6cuarrta7cuartta7cuatra6curata6ucarta6
Misspelling Variants of "cuarta"

Frequency rank: #3,039 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuarta"?
"cuarta" is spelled C-U-A-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkwaɾt̪a].
What does "cuarta" mean?
As a noun, "cuarta" means: Cada una de las cuatro partes iguales de un todo.
What words are commonly confused with "cuarta"?
"cuarta" is commonly confused with "cura", "curt", "cuota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuarta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuarta" is [ˈkwaɾt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuarta" come from?
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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.