Cubillo

[kuˈβ̞iʝo]

/[kuˈβ̞iʝo]/ name

The verdict

“Cubillo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,648 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,648
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-cubillo · Cubillo · Spanish

Cubillo · rank #85,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,648
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuaje

Nearest frequency peer: cuaje (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Cubillo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Cubillo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cubillo
PropertyValue
HeadwordCubillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kuˈβ̞iʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,648
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Cubillo” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Cubillocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cuaje” (#85,647), “cuadrúpedo” (#85,646), “CUPS” (#85,651). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “Cubillo” va en #85,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cubillo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,648 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kuˈβ̞iʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".

Cubillo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Cubillo, spelled C-U-B-I-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apellido.

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 "Cubillo"?
"Cubillo" is spelled C-U-B-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kuˈβ̞iʝo].
What does "Cubillo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cubillo" means: Apellido.
How do you pronounce "Cubillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cubillo" is [kuˈβ̞iʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cubillo" come from?
"Cubillo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list