cúbito
[ˈkuβ̞it̪o]
The verdict
“cúbito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,317 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,317
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El más largo de los huesos del antebrazo, que va desde el codo hasta la muñeca, acompañado por el radio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cúbito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuβ̞it̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cúbito” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cúbito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,317 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuβ̞it̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "El más largo de los huesos del antebrazo, que va desde el codo hasta la muñeca, acompañado por el radio.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cúbito in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cúbito, spelled C-Ú-B-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1El más largo de los huesos del antebrazo, que va desde el codo hasta la muñeca, acompañado por el radio.
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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 “cúbito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Ú-B-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkuβ̞it̪o] (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.